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“until mine is on tight” is a idiom?
“My goodness!” Mine? Goodness?What is the origin of the idiom “tight fit” meaning a good joke?Origin of “hang tight”?Why is “You’ve brought a knife to a gun fight” considered to be a mixed metaphor?What are alternatives or metaphors for the idiom of discovering a “gold mine”?
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
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@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
1
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
51 mins ago
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
1
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
51 mins ago
3
3
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
1
1
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
51 mins ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
1
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
51 mins ago