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- 19-Jul-2010, 00:15 #1
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crap - idiom Hi,
Does the term 'Let’s cut the crap' mean something?
- 19-Jul-2010, 00:21 #2
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Re: crap - idiom Yes - let's stop talking about it and do it. Don't waste my time with unimportant things - cut the crap.
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- 19-Jul-2010, 01:11 #3
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Re: crap - idiom Maybe it would be better to say 'let us cut to the chase' for politeness.
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- 19-Jul-2010, 01:34 #4
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Teacher Re: crap - idiom That's true, but if you are going to say "Let's cut the crap" you are probably in such a mood as to not too concerned with being polite. This term is usually said when someone is angry. Originally Posted by Offroad
- 19-Jul-2010, 07:18 #5
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Teacher Re: crap - idiom Let's cut the cut to chase crap
- 20-Jul-2010, 13:24 #6
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Re: crap - idiom I always knew it as another way to say " Stop bulls***ting".
- 21-Jul-2010, 04:52 #7
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Teacher Re: crap - idiom It is- it's an all-purpose stop wasting my time/lying/the pretence/being phony or insincere/bullsh***ing me, etc.
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