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for crying out loud

English translation: for god\'s sake - in exasperation, anger

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English term or phrase:for crying out loud
Selected answer:for god\'s sake - in exasperation, anger
Entered by: S.J

16:40 May 21, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: for crying out loud
I took a shower this morning, for crying out loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Gnls5oP-g

You could find it at 00:33.

Does it means "take a shower to feel better", like I found in the book reference below?

https://books.google.ca/books?id=EW1rfO_C1HEC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA...


Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 12:13
for god's sake - in exasperation, anger
Explanation:
Used to express anger, exasperation.

Someone may have said something like "you smell sweaty".

The person told this reacts angrily by saying "I took a shower this morning"

Selected response from:

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 18:13
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9used to express annoyance, frustration, or impatience
philgoddard
4 +5for god's sake - in exasperation, anger
Yorkshireman
5 +1can you believe it?
David Hollywood
4to calm down
Rocsana Guignaudeau
4 -1for God's sake
Ana Maia de Goes


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
used to express annoyance, frustration, or impatience


Explanation:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/for_crying_out_loud

Example sentence(s):
  • For crying out loud, please use a dictionary
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 119
Notes to answerer
Asker: That's means he doesn't take a shower often?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Mason: Indeed.
1 min
agree  writeaway: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/cry https://www.dictionary.com/browse/for-crying-out-loud etc. etc. etc.
5 mins
agree  Becca Resnik
12 mins
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
55 mins
agree  Tony M
1 hr
agree  P.L.F. Persio
1 hr
agree  Mark Robertson
1 hr
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yep, dictionaries are wonderful!
2 hrs
agree  James A. Walsh
17 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
for god's sake - in exasperation, anger


Explanation:
Used to express anger, exasperation.

Someone may have said something like "you smell sweaty".

The person told this reacts angrily by saying "I took a shower this morning"



Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
45 mins
agree  Tony M
52 mins
agree  P.L.F. Persio
57 mins
agree  Mark Robertson
1 hr
agree  Daryo
4 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
for God's sake


Explanation:
said when you are annoyed, and to emphasize what you are saying:
Oh, for crying out loud, just listen to me!


    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/for-cry...
Ana Maia de Goes
Portugal
Local time: 17:13
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lydia De Jorge: Same answer was provided by Yorkshireman at 17 minutes.
1 hr
neutral  Yorkshireman: Lydia - To be fair, I think that should have been a neutral
5 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
can you believe it?


Explanation:
in this context

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Note added at 39 mins (2020-05-21 17:19:07 GMT)
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most idiomatic way of putting this

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Note added at 43 mins (2020-05-21 17:23:31 GMT)
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expression of personal amazement and incredulity

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Note added at 51 mins (2020-05-21 17:31:46 GMT)
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the person involved is also transmitting the idea that he/she is frustrated by something and it's a release to take a shower (release of frustration at something that was bothering him/her)

David Hollywood
Local time: 13:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
27 mins
  -> thanks Shera
neutral  Tony M: I don't agree with your last comment, which IMHO amounts to over-interpretation.
33 mins
  -> maybe but would be normal and don't expect this answer will be taken into account as used to this format
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to calm down


Explanation:
For me, in this context, the character wants to unwind himself, to get out of him all his anger, his frustration and his anxiety.

Rocsana Guignaudeau
France
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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