Pucca  +  368049 Sun, 20 May 07 03:50 PM Hello everybody! 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 Joined on Sun, Aug 27 2006 Spain Senior Member 2,972

	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 Peaceblinkfriend Joined on Wed, May 9 2007 Senior Member 2,130 Success - it is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

	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!!! Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,034 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Verbs

	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 Tanit Verbs, Adverbs, Dates

	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. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,272 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Verbs, Adverbs, Learn English

	Pucca  +  368180 Sun, 20 May 07 10:16 PM Hello all! 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? Pucca

	khoff  +  368198 Sun, 20 May 07 10:53 PM "Pass out" is probably the most common. khoff

	Pucca  +  368202 Sun, 20 May 07 11:09 PM Thanks Khoff! So, could I say "Last Saturday I drank too much and got a pass out"? Pucca

	khoff  +  368271 Mon, 21 May 07 04:40 AM No, you would say "I drank too much and passed out." khoff