[wanabidii] Re: [PK] American Phrases

Later thura.

Courage

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Lailatu Atiende <lailatuatiende@gmail.com> wrote:

sorry, I meant excuse.

On 6/11/13, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Come on Lailatu, the you that I know should not be this tentative.  Of
> course you're right. You're putting yourself at a great risk.
>
> The expression comes from, let's say, a kid climbing a tree and then going
> on a very thin branch which may break off and send the kid tumbling to the
> ground. The kid is taking a big risk.
>
> This happened to us a lot as kids when we would climb mango or orange trees
> in Ugenya.
>
> Courage
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Lailatu Atiende
> <lailatuatiende@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Mmmmm don't laugh at this one but I think it goes like this;  putting
>> myself at a risk.
>>
>> On 6/11/13, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Precisely Lailatu, precisely. You're in a very helpless situation.
>> > You're
>> > in a canoe that's that's at the top of a waterfall and is just about to
>> > drop down the Falls but you have no paddle to row yourself away from
>> > the
>> > Falls.
>> >
>> > Now try the other one. I'll give you a hint; the limb in this scenario
>> is a
>> > tree branch.
>> >
>> > Courage
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Lailatu Atiende
>> > <lailatuatiende@gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> MO,
>> >>
>> >> I can try the first American phrase... "You are up the creek without a
>> >> paddle".  This means;  "You are in deep trouble and there is nothing
>> >> you can do about the situation"?
>> >>
>> >> On 6/11/13, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > An idea just came to me to try something here and see if people will
>> >> > warm
>> >> > up to this. There are some American phrases that are now used very
>> >> commonly
>> >> > and I'm not sure if they are familiar to a lot of people out there.
>> The
>> >> > constituent words in the phrases are simple and common words; but
>> >> > the
>> >> > phrases are something else.
>> >> >
>> >> > Who can tell me what the following 2 phrases mean?
>> >> >
>> >> > *You are up the creek without a paddle
>> >> >
>> >> > *
>> >> > *You are going out on a limb
>> >> > *
>> >> >
>> >> > Courage
>> >> >
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