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 #3 (permalink) Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:07 am Save the day |
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| What does "save the day" mean? |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:08 am Save the day |
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| What does "save the day" mean? |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:22 am Save the day |
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Hi Tina,
This expression means that you do something that puts right all the problems that have happened before. Imagine if you like this situation: a young woman finds she can't get to the church to be married because all the roads are flooded and she can't get out of the house. The police hear about this problem and arrange for a helicopter to pick her up and take her to the church. In that way they have saved the day.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:40 am Save the day |
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| Alan wrote: |
| The police hear about this problem and arrange for a helicopter to pick her up and take her to the church. In that way they have saved the day. |
:lol:
Try as I might, I just can't imagine the police doing such a thing in Spain, unless it was to save a life!!
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| Despite all the problems and difficulties Charlie turned up at last minute and saved the day. |
'At the last minute' is what I normally say. Do you think the phrase is used with and without the article indistinctively or does one sound better than the other? Thank you. |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Jul 10, 2008 15:04 pm What does "turned up" mean? |
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What would be the answer to Conchita's question ? "...at last minute..." or "...at the
last minute..."?
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:06 am What does "turned up" mean? |
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I think there must be a "the". Like I was the first/last person who....
anyway further explanation would be cool! |
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:00 am What does "turned up" mean? |
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Yeah, my dictionary supports the "at the last minute" version.
Maybe in the UK people use only "at last minute" :?: |
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| #10 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:11 am What does "turned up" mean? |
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| The police hear about this problem and arrange for a helicopter to pick her up and take her to the church |
What about the groom? Will the police pick him up too? :lol:
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| #11 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:21 am What does "turned up" mean? |
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| daemon99 wrote: |
| What about the groom? Will the police pick him up too? :lol: |
The groom is already in the church ;) |
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| #12 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:47 am What does "turned up" mean? |
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| Englishholic wrote: |
What would be the answer to Conchita's question ? "...at last minute..." or "...at the
last minute..."? |
Like Conchita, I would not omit the word 'the' in this case: at the last minute.
The omission of the word 'the' seems to be a typo here.
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| #13 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:12 pm What does "turned up" mean? |
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| Lost_Soul wrote: |
| daemon99 wrote: |
| What about the groom? Will the police pick him up too? :lol: |
The groom is already in the church ;) |
Vainly hoping the bride won't turn up after all (what with the flooded roads and all).
But he's in for a surprise (thanks to Alan's 'brilliant' helicopter idea)! |
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| #14 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 15:18 pm What does "turned up" mean? |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| Vainly hoping the bride won't turn up after all |
And I see that hope for the arrival of the word "the" was not in vain after all. It now turns up in the test. :D
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| Despite all the problems and difficulties Charlie turned up at the last minute and ......... the day. |
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