Who’s decorated you like that
English translation: Where did you get those .......?
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| 17:26 Feb 14, 2005 |
| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: George Thomson Local time: 23:05 | ||||||
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| who’s decorated you like that decorate Explanation: I think decorate is fine. decorate v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: award a mark of honor, as a medal, to 4: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress] As you can see it can also mean to give an award and as you say this was a punishment, there is a double meaning . That of being adorned, since the ears could be seen as an adorment, and that of being punished. HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2005-02-14 17:41:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Like you say, there is an element of sarcasm because big ears are not exactly a beautifying adornment. (The awarding of punishment being, possibly, the other reason why the word \"decorate\" was used rather than \"adorn\", say). |
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13 mins confidence:
| who’s decorated you like that who's done that to you? Explanation: who's given you those big ears? Also, the sequence of tenses needs fixing. ...saw...asked who had given them such big ears. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2005-02-14 17:51:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This rather loses the sarcasm, but I don\'t like \"decorate\", because it immediately calls the Russian to mind! Maybe \"who had presented them with such big ears.\" |
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53 mins confidence:
| who’s decorated you like that Who's adorned/embellished you like that? Explanation: Maybe one of these will preserve the sarcasm. Might need confirmation from a native speaker though. |
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10 hrs confidence:
| who’s decorated you like that who has >>> Explanation: a bit sarcastic? who has " honored " you with such a decoration who has complimented you ... |
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6
peer agreement (net): +6| who’s decorated you like that where did you get those big ears...? Explanation: This is more fairy tale manguage I think.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs 54 mins (2005-02-15 07:21:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \'where did you get those BEAUTIFUL big ears...?, would raise the level of sarcasm a couple of degrees. |
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