starkers

[zoja]

What is the real meaning of the phrase : I will go starkers before I put that on,?
Is it I will rather go naked before I put that on or I would be crazy if I put that on? or both?
thanks

[sarat_106]

What is the real meaning of the phrase : I will go starkers before I put that on,?
Is it I will rather go naked before I put that on or I would be crazy if I put that on? or both?
thanks

Starker means going fully naked, stark naked or without clothes(bare body).
So the real meaning is: I will go stark naked before I put that on.

[Raymott]

What is the real meaning of the phrase : I will go starkers before I put that on,?
Is it I will rather go naked before I put that on or I would be crazy if I put that on? or both?
thanks

The meaning is "I would rather go naked before I put that on"

[jellispoon]

yes, go with Raymott, because the meaning is "I would rather go naked before I put that on"

Stark naked is where is comes from, not crazy

[zoja]

Ok, thank you, I was not sure, because I have compared translation of Harry Potter 4 from english to my language, and a translator translated the text like he would be crazy to put that on,
I have also seen it in the meaning of "crazy" but....mostly like stark raving ,
thaaank you all again,

[BobK]

Yes, Raymott is right. The reason for the 'madness' red-herring is that the word "stark" has strong collocations with both 'naked' and 'mad' ('stark naked' and 'stark raving mad'). But starkers always means the first one.

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