[QUOTE=AnonMous;2163038]It is a perfectly acceptable English phrase/idiom. Search it on Google and find out for yourself. And, it means exactly what you pointed out. About the rest of your post, it is your opinion and you are perfectly entitled to it. Interesting reading. And, what I said about keeping one's preferences to oneself, it was meant in the context of a face to face discussion, especially with someone who is not a hobbyist per se and, may, fear being judged (my buddy, for example, whose experience I shared in my previous post). I should have mentioned this in my earlier post lest my remarks be construed as an attempt at generalisation, which was never the intent. Of course, as you rightly point out, it is a different matter when it comes to an online public forum. Anyway, I can appreciate your perspective. Food for thought. Cheers![/QUOTE]Thanks for that. Can't say I ever heard it. Perhaps not a common occurrence in my country, or at least not used in conversation. There is a lot of variations in slanfg and idioms between different English speaking countries. I initially assumed incorrectly, it may have been translated from another language. I could have spent more time doing English crosswords, instead of learning Thai, Issan, and a smattering of German. My main English reading in recent years is unfortunately technical manuals which are not big on idioms. LOL It probably did not come up in Science Fiction of which I was an avid reader in late teens. Sometimes one could hit such a phrase in a book, like one of the old time classics, and without being clear of the meaning, and just move on without looking it up. Still I fluked better than a pass grade in year 12 English, scoring a be grade. LOL.
What I write, is described as only "near English".
In a forum, I try to use very plain language allowing that not all readers have English as a first language.
