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Monkey_D  +  385905 Fri, 29 Jun 07 08:08 PM

I found this idiom in Ramona Book and I don/t understand the meaning , please help me

"Pretty please with a lump of sugar on it"

She said when she ask her mother to tell her some secret

Thanks a lot

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Feebs11  +  385915 Fri, 29 Jun 07 08:49 PM
She is cajoling her mother to tell her something.

"Please" is the basic.
"Pretty please" = please please please (emphasises please).
"Pretty please with a lump of sugar on it" = I really really would like...

It carries no "meaning" but indicates how much Ramona wants to know the secret.
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