Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agoWhat are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some insults in english that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareS_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoNon native here: never heard it, is implying an unpleasant feeling?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI have no idea how it started being used that way, but it’s true, there’s nothing fun about a wet blanket.
minus-squaremarquisalex@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou’d use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.
You’re being a wet blanket.
Non native here: never heard it, is implying an unpleasant feeling?
I have no idea how it started being used that way, but it’s true, there’s nothing fun about a wet blanket.
You’d use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
I suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.