kimlrobles  +  887903 Sat, 05 Sep 09 12:35 PM BTW, I would probably change it to aristocratic China. kimlrobles Joined on Thu, Aug 27 2009 New Member 48 Countries, Asia, China

	Yankee  +  888762 Sun, 06 Sep 09 01:57 AM In what sort of context do you envision a possible use of "treat someone with Western China", Kimlrobles? In your changed version, would you also use "treat with"? Do you believe that the use of Tom's expression would be understood by people in your neck of the woods?  In everyday American English, I can easily imagine the use of "treat someone with Western China" to be met with a lot of very confused looks. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,502 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Countries, Context, Asia, China

	Mr. Tom  +  889514 Sun, 06 Sep 09 03:10 PM Thanks, Amy. I appreciated the input from you and I liked the idiom "kid gloves".   Now I'm sure that I misheard the idiom used by this Indian lady. Would anyone like to check what she in fact says? I  can't understand the word before China.   The said phrase comes exactly at 2:10  (the start of the second minute)     Tom Mr. Tom Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Regular Member 710 Tom Idioms, Video, Countries, Asia, China

	khoff  +  889621 Sun, 06 Sep 09 04:36 PM I've listened several times and I can't understand it.  It sounds a bit like "just in China" but that doesn't make any sense either. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,277 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Countries, Asia, China

	khoff  +  889625 Sun, 06 Sep 09 04:39 PM AHA!!! It just came to me!  "They treated me like Dresden china"! -- in other words, like fine, breakable porcelain.  It was "China," but it was the other kind of 'china"! khoff Countries, Asia, China

	ferdis  +  889640 Sun, 06 Sep 09 04:49 PM Nice find, Khoff. I even asked my Indian fiancee and she hadn't heard of it either.     ferdis Joined on Tue, Aug 4 2009 The Netherlands Full Member 388 Countries, France, Asia, China

	Kooyeen  +  889737 Sun, 06 Sep 09 06:16 PM Interesting. Because I would never have guessed it, even if I had known what Dresden china was. Phonemically speaking, it just sounds like "cheating me with jest in China" to me. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,981 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Countries, Asia, China, Speaking, Chat, Friendships

	Yankee  +  890736 Mon, 07 Sep 09 12:31 PM khoff “ It just came to me!  "They treated me like Dresden china"! ” Now that makes sense, and that certainly works as a metaphor. I think it just might be "Dresden" that she's saying, But I still can't convince myself that she's actually saying "like".  Maybe it was a slip of the tongue on her part, and she simply said "with" instead of "like". Yankee Metaphors, Countries, Asia, China

	kimlrobles  +  894520 Thu, 10 Sep 09 12:09 AM ( two words: context and audience.)  BTW, I could not decipher what the guest was saying in the interview. Oh well. kimlrobles Interviews, Countries, Context, Asia, China