What does she mean by "Perhaps a salad once in a while?"?
S smartenglish Member Joined Jan 4, 2016 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea Jun 12, 2016 #1 What does she mean by "Perhaps a salad once in a while?"? Attachments let try.jpg 67.1 KB · Views: 27
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jun 12, 2016 #2 She is suggesting that he is overweight and it would be good if he ate more salad.
Charlie Bernstein VIP Member Joined Jan 28, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 12, 2016 #3 Exactly. It's conversational shorthand for "[Do you think that] perhaps [you should eat] a salad once in a while? The idiom once in a while means sometimes, occasionally, from time to time.
Exactly. It's conversational shorthand for "[Do you think that] perhaps [you should eat] a salad once in a while? The idiom once in a while means sometimes, occasionally, from time to time.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Jun 13, 2016 #4 Salad dodger is a slang term for overweight people.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 13, 2016 #5 It is but it's not very accurate - I know plenty of overweight people who eat salad and plenty of thin people who never touch a vegetable!
It is but it's not very accurate - I know plenty of overweight people who eat salad and plenty of thin people who never touch a vegetable!
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Jun 14, 2016 #6 emsr2d2 said: It is but it's not very accurate - I know plenty of overweight people who eat salad Click to expand... Guilty, m'lud.
emsr2d2 said: It is but it's not very accurate - I know plenty of overweight people who eat salad Click to expand... Guilty, m'lud.
S SoothingDave VIP Member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 14, 2016 #7 We put French fries on our salads around here. No, I'm not kidding.