ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: a million bucks?

Philip — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:54:32 GMT

Ted, Robert and John Kennedy are brothers.

Re: a million bucks?

NL888 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:52:05 GMT

Thank you.

I just have had another question. Would any one like to reply?

Is this senator Kennedy the brother of the President Kennedy, who (the senator Kennedy), after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, told people one of the most eloquent words in history that his brother too was killed by a white?

Re: a million bucks?

Old Man Gordon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:09:01 GMT

Is your question serious?

It means he felt great. The phrase is often combined with flexing one's muscles, so the implication is that one has power, just like money has power.

a million bucks?

NL888 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:39:40 GMT

he felt like "a million bucks" = he felt like he was equal to A LOT OF MONEY?

Context:

According to a family spokesman, the Senator told his wife shortly after the operation that he felt like "a million bucks", reported the Associated Press.

Malignant glioma are often fatal and occur in about 1 in every 9,000 people in the US.

Doctors have not said exactly what type of tumour Kennedy was diagnosed with, there have been media speculations that it is likely to be a glioblastoma multiforme, which is more prevalent in older people.