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My oysters on a tray

English translation: testicles => you want to emasculate me??

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English term or phrase:My oysters on a tray
Selected answer:testicles => you want to emasculate me??
Entered by: airmailrpl

04:22 Mar 31, 2012
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: My oysters on a tray
A: But enough is enough.
B: No, enough is not enough. Not even close.
A: What do you want? My oysters on a tray?
Kai (zhTW)
Taiwan
Local time: 18:47
testicles
Explanation:
oysters => testicles

What do you want? My oysters on a tray? => you want to emasculate me??

Urban Dictionary: prarie oysters
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prarie oysters
Prairie Oysters are calf or bull testicles. ... Prairie Oysters are calf or bull testicles. Proceed with caution when considering ordering the "prairie oysters"

e·mas·cu·late/iˈmaskyəˌlāt/
Verb:
Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity: "he feels emasculated because he cannot control his sons' behavior".
Synonyms:
castrate - geld - weaken - evirate
More info »Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary

Emasculation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of the genitalia (castration) of a male, notably the penis and/or the testicles. By extension, the word has also come to mean to render ...
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:47
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my oysters on a tray
testicles


Explanation:
oysters => testicles

What do you want? My oysters on a tray? => you want to emasculate me??

Urban Dictionary: prarie oysters
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prarie oysters
Prairie Oysters are calf or bull testicles. ... Prairie Oysters are calf or bull testicles. Proceed with caution when considering ordering the "prairie oysters"

e·mas·cu·late/iˈmaskyəˌlāt/
Verb:
Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity: "he feels emasculated because he cannot control his sons' behavior".
Synonyms:
castrate - geld - weaken - evirate
More info »Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary

Emasculation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of the genitalia (castration) of a male, notably the penis and/or the testicles. By extension, the word has also come to mean to render ...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_oyster
3 hrs
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agree  NancyLynn: yes, yes, agree with Kim too on both counts. Obviously the speaker feels hard put upon; "there is no pleasing you."
6 hrs
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agree  Phong Le
3 days 1 hr
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