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Pucca

#368049 Sun, 20 May 07 03:50 PM

Hello everybody! Smile [:)]

Does this mean "coma etílico"? Hmm..it happens when you drink too much.

I read it in a t-shirt, it was like this.."One vodka, two vodka, three vodka, drop dead".

Thanks in advance for your help!

Pucca

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¿Alguna vez has tenido un sueño tan real que al despertarte no sabías qué creer?

Peaceblinkfriend

#368057 Sun, 20 May 07 04:10 PM

Hi Pucca,

I believe drop dead simply means to die suddenly and unexpectedly. I got this from my dictionary .This is the example my dictionary provided. He dropped dead on the squash court at the age of 43.

Cheers,

Ernest

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Tanit

#368077 Sun, 20 May 07 04:58 PM

Not sure if this helps...

These two definitions refer to "drop-dead" as adjective: very beautiful or awe-inspiring, extreme .

However, it can also be a verb, meaning to die .

Natives' help required!!! Tongue Tied [:S]

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Tanit

#368080 Sun, 20 May 07 05:08 PM

Oh, and I forgot the OED...

drop dead: a slang (orig. U.S.) exclamation expressing emphatic dislike or scorn of the person addressed.

drop-dead

A. adj.

1. Stunning, striking, exceptional; breathtaking, heart-stopping.

2. Chiefly Business. Designating the latest date or time by which a task must be completed or a result achieved.

B. adv. As an intensifier modifying an adjective, freq. emphasizing physical attractiveness: extremely; strikingly, astonishingly, breathtakingly. Freq. in drop-dead gorgeous.

... and the OALD:

drop dead adverb(informal) used before an adjective to emphasize that sb/sth is attractive in a very noticeable way:
a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood star

Tongue Tied [:S]

Tanit

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khoff

#368152 Sun, 20 May 07 09:00 PM

First, I would advise against trying to learn English from T-shirts -- there are many T-shirts out there with English words that really don't make sense!

"Drop dead" is generally used either literally, menaing "to die suddenly," or as an intensifying adverb, usually in "drop-dead gorgeous" -- this suggests that a woman is so beautiful that just seeing her will cause men to die suddenly.

The only meaning I can get from the message on the T-shirt is that after drinking three vodkas, you would die. I think this is an excellent example of some company putting English words on a shirt because they think it will appeal to customers, without really caring if it makes any sense.

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Pucca

#368180 Sun, 20 May 07 10:16 PM

Hello all! Smile [:)]

Thanks for your replies and for your help! I thought it meant another thing..

So, what is it called when you drink too much alcohol and you got unconscious?