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 SergC

link 15.09.2005 15:26 
Subject: gogolesque, pls help
Could you please help me with this american expression "It's just a flat on the bottom".

 gogolesque

link 15.09.2005 15:29 
can you give me context?
the expression sounds strange - like its rarely seen or maybe not usually said that way.
please give me context and then i will be happy to help!:)

 gogolesque

link 15.09.2005 15:32 
SergC
seriously, i cannot help you here without context!
please!

 SH2

link 15.09.2005 15:33 
Плоскозадый, может?
Реально, контекст нужен..

 gogolesque

link 15.09.2005 15:35 
i have about 10 different ideas, but all the situations are different.
without context, its no use.
please:)

 SergC

link 15.09.2005 15:36 
It happened when some situation was sized up. The situation had turned out to be not a very good one.
And character said "well, it's just a flat on the bottom".

 SergC

link 15.09.2005 15:37 
sorry, I didn't make myself clear, since I thought it was a steady expression

 gogolesque

link 15.09.2005 15:38 
hope i get context in the morning. i have to sign off now. SORRY! no choice really - second job calling me!
good luck!

ok, just saw message -
he might have meant to say that we are flat on our bottom or have landed flat on our bottom - this means jsut things things turned out really bad for us.
or maybe that be have hit flat/rock bottom - meaning this is the worst that can happen to us (but i dont think this is the one)

good luck SergC! i have to run! :)

 gogolesque

link 15.09.2005 15:39 
i hope that helped somewhat! :)

 SergC

link 15.09.2005 15:40 
gogolesque

thanx a lot, cheers, bye

 Хорстъ

link 15.09.2005 16:34 
По-моему это "все, полный абгемахт". Или можно короче - одним словом на букву Жё.
сели в лужу

 Irisha

link 15.09.2005 17:19 
А-а-а... У-у-у-у... М-м-м-м... Есть такое выражение "Ну, и сиди теперь на попе ровно" - мол, поздняк метаться. :-)

 SergC

link 15.09.2005 17:20 
меня смущает слово "just". Ведь если это "сели в лужу", или "полная ж*па", то почему just?

 Хорстъ

link 15.09.2005 18:04 
Патамушта слово-паразит. Приплыли, гасите свет, сушите весла, как, похоже, Зенит с греками. В данном контексте служит для усиления. Именно потому что "полная".

 

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