Gotta get up to get down.
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As a non native speaker, this messed me up for years
I always heard about "being up" for something, so I logically assumed that being down meant the inverse. Even more that "feeling down" usually means not being able to do things.
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"Hey you want some potato chips?"
- "Potato chip sounds good" => Yes please
- "I'm good" => No thanks
Messed me up all the time first time came to the US. Why use positive response for rejection?
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In the game of hell let loose you're constantly trying to build Garrison's for your team to spawn on, and destroy Garrison's so your enemy can't spawn.
Highly ambiguous
Garrison down on the point!
Does this mean a friendly Garrison was just built? Does this mean the enemy Garrison was just destroyed? Who knows! Why not both?
Schrödinger's Garrison
It makes a little more sense with the context that “I’m down” is shortened slang for “I’ll throw down on that”, itself slang for “I will get in on this situation” (as in “throwing down” some money or chips when gambling)
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Similar to calling in sick and calling out sick.
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In my friend circle we will invite each other to stuff and ask "are you up or down?" Then schedule them regardless of response.
You can be cool and hot at the same time.
Ive learned that I can also be neither
In the late 80s, bad and good were the same thing!
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Get up, come on get down with the sickness
The number of potential misunderstandings in English is why our language is the world favourite lol
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You can cut a tree down and then cut that same tree up
Is it just me or are people also using hands up instead of hands down? As in: this is hands down/up the best post I've read all day.
As a non English native this always throws me off.
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I'm sideways.
'Hot' and 'cool' can also mean similar things about a person.
The first time somebody told me he was down I had to pause and wonder what he meant. Did he mean he was sad? Did he mean he didn't want to do the thing?
Some day try to explain the meaning of the word cool to a non naive English speaker.
Father, I've been bad.
Mommy, I've been bad.
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