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Bing bonged
'You are being bing bonged all over the place'
Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.
Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.
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[/nq] "Bing bong" is the sound made by some doorbells, also sometimes heard as an attention-grabber at the start of a public-address announcement. Without further context, I'd guess that the sentence meant "messages for you have been going out on the PA system(s) and you've not responded". Mike Barnes Cheshire, England
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[nq:1]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
"Bing bong" is the sound made by some doorbells, also sometimes heard as an attention-grabber at the start of a public-address announcement.
Without further context, I'd guess that the sentence meant "messages for you have been going out on the PA system(s) and you've not responded".
Mike Ba
"Bing bong" is the sound made by some doorbells, also sometimes heard as an attention-grabber at the start of a public-address announcement.
Without further context, I'd guess that the sentence meant "messages for you have been going out on the PA system(s) and you've not responded".
Mike Ba
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[nq:1]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"? The Sopranos' influence on American language?
Franklin
A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"? The Sopranos' influence on American language?
Franklin
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[nq:2]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
[nq:1]A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"?[/nq]
Oy! "Baddaboom", or more precisely patapuum , is Neapolitan, not Sicilian, and its derivatives entered AmE by way of Neapolitan-derived Italglish.
[nq:1]A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"?[/nq]
Oy! "Baddaboom", or more precisely patapuum , is Neapolitan, not Sicilian, and its derivatives entered AmE by way of Neapolitan-derived Italglish.
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[nq:1]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
Bounced around, lead on a wild goose chase, toyed with, given false leads, and led up the garden path.
Bounced around, lead on a wild goose chase, toyed with, given false leads, and led up the garden path.
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[nq:2]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
[nq:1]A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"? The Sopranos' influence on American language?[/nq]
More likely a recollection of 'bing bong Avon calling'
John Dean
Oxford
[nq:1]A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"? The Sopranos' influence on American language?[/nq]
More likely a recollection of 'bing bong Avon calling'
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2]A corruption, perhaps, of the Sicilian American "badda bing, badda bong"? The Sopranos' influence on American language?[/nq]
[nq:1]More likely a recollection of 'bing bong Avon calling'[/nq]
Exactly. The inspector was ignoring the bing bong paging message.
[nq:1]More likely a recollection of 'bing bong Avon calling'[/nq]
Exactly. The inspector was ignoring the bing bong paging message.
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Irwell typed thus:
[nq:1]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
To be "bing bonged" is a common and unremarkable term in a workplace with a central public address system. The PA goes "bing bong" before each announcement. I have never heard "to be bonged" but it's close enough to make me think it's the same thing.
I heard it used in Prime Suspect
[nq:1]'You are being bing bonged all over the place' Heard on 'Inspector Frost'.[/nq]
To be "bing bonged" is a common and unremarkable term in a workplace with a central public address system. The PA goes "bing bong" before each announcement. I have never heard "to be bonged" but it's close enough to make me think it's the same thing.
I heard it used in Prime Suspect
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