Dela Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Come down the chute , spare me the discussion
(My grandpa said to me: ) “The doctor who delivered you was on the ball, plus apparently there was some slack in the cord, so he was able to loop it off as you came out. You didn't hang yourself coming into the world, but it could very easily have gone the other way.”
If I'd been told years or even weeks ago that I'd come down the chute noosed and ready to hang, I'd have made some kind of joke about it, or more likely I'd have said, Yeah, that's nice; now can you spare me the discussion?
come down the chute : be born?
spare me the discussion : free me from the trouble of the discussion? (sounds not polite if saying so to one's grandpa)
If I'd been told years or even weeks ago that I'd come down the chute noosed and ready to hang, I'd have made some kind of joke about it, or more likely I'd have said, Yeah, that's nice; now can you spare me the discussion?
come down the chute : be born?
spare me the discussion : free me from the trouble of the discussion? (sounds not polite if saying so to one's grandpa)
Top answer
come down the chute : be born? Yes spare me the discussion : free me from the trouble of the discussion? (sounds not polite if saying so to one's grandpa).
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come down the chute : be born? Yes
spare me the discussion : free me from the trouble of the discussion? (sounds not polite if saying so to one's grandpa).
Spare me the discussion is not particularly impolite to ones grandparent. I would also say that the speaker is conveying his desire to c
spare me the discussion : free me from the trouble of the discussion? (sounds not polite if saying so to one's grandpa).
Spare me the discussion is not particularly impolite to ones grandparent. I would also say that the speaker is conveying his desire to c
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