Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Antonia: the answer was lost on him
Hello!
Can you please tell me what it means?
Can you please tell me what it means?
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Hello Antonia If I reply sarcastically to something you've said, and you don't understand the sarcasm, but treat my reply as serious, my sarcasm is "lost on you". It means "wasted", in effect. MrP
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Hello Antonia
If I reply sarcastically to something you've said, and you don't understand the sarcasm, but treat my reply as serious, my sarcasm is "lost on you".
It means "wasted", in effect.
MrP
If I reply sarcastically to something you've said, and you don't understand the sarcasm, but treat my reply as serious, my sarcasm is "lost on you".
It means "wasted", in effect.
MrP
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Thanks Mr Pedantic
p.s. please don't lose your sarcasam on me, I'm still not that good at English:)
p.s. please don't lose your sarcasam on me, I'm still not that good at English:)
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