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- 12-Dec-2011, 14:35 #1
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What is the meaning of beeswax in this context? Hi?
What is the meaning of beeswax in this context?
Wouldn't you be jealous of guys swarming all over my beeswax?
(How I met your mother S1 Ep3)
- 12-Dec-2011, 14:59 #2
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Re: What is the meaning of beeswax in this context? My business. "None of your business" is taken as quite rude in the English-speaking world, although it is sometimes needed. One softening strategy is to use 'beeswax'.
- 13-Dec-2011, 11:57 #3
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(And there's a bit of a joke in the choice of the word 'swarm - which is used here figuratively but can refer to bees' behaviour').
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