[General] sharp knife

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I bought a stone which is used to make the knife sharp. Here we can buy it online. My friend asked me to have a drink with him and I said to him at that time "I have to sharpen the knife". (So I can't go out with him.)Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[Rover_KE]

You should say 'I have to sharpen my knife', but as long as I live I don't think I'll ever hear a more feeble excuse for turning down a friend's offer of a drink.

 

[tedmc]

I bought a sharpening stone for sharpening knives.

 

[GoesStation]

You should say 'I have to sharpen my knife', but as long as I live I don't think I'll ever hear a more feeble excuse for turning down a friend's offer of a drink.

Caroline Kennedy asked a friend of mine if he'd like to go get a beer. He said "I have to feed my lizards."

 

[Tdol]

You should say 'I have to sharpen my knife', but as long as I live I don't think I'll ever hear a more feeble excuse for turning down a friend's offer of a drink.

It's not feeble; it's sinister. I have Silence of the Lambs playing in my head at the thought of someone who turns down a date to sharpen their knives.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I bought a whetstone for sharpening knives.

That's what we usually call 'em around here.

(Not to be confused with this.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

You should say 'I have to sharpen my knife', but as long as I live I don't think I'll ever hear a more feeble excuse for turning down a friend's offer of a drink.

Yup. I'd never ask you out again!

I knew a woman who got rid of annoying guys by saying she had to block her hat.

 

[Skrej]

Did she even own a hat?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Did she even own a hat?

The Shadow might know. I don't!

 

[Tdol]

That's what we usually call 'em around here.

(Not to be confused with this.)

We call them whetstones in the UK, though I see more people actually using them here in Japan.

 

[Skrej]

I was like 12 before I realized there was an 'h' in 'whetstones'. Prior to that, I called it my 'wetstone'.

I honestly thought they were called that because we spit on them for lubricant. I always got a little carried away with the spitting anyway.

 

[emsr2d2]

I was like 12

For the benefit of learners, there's evidence that the use of "like" either as a filler or instead of "about" isn't limited to teenage native speakers. ;-)