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Florazheng1015 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Please help me out again.TKS

0 Q1 What’s the meaning of “cut up a rug”? 02br
00Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug 02br
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00Q2 What’s the meaning “ a baby looks more like a hug”? 02br
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00Q3"Roll over Beethoven"? What ‘s it? I knew Beethoven. 02br
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00Q4 You're one day late and I'm a dollar short 02br
00What’s the meaning of above sentence? 02br
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00Q5 We got the big belly momma here we go again blues 02br
00Big belly momma=his wife is pregnant? 02br
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00What is the meaning of “go blues”? blues music? 02br
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00Q6 And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued 02br
00What is “another tick”? what is the meaning of “come unglued”? 02br
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00CONTEXT 02br
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00Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug 02br
00Dancin' with a baby looks more like a hug 02br
00Livin' in a house made of saw mill wood 02br
00"Roll over Beethoven" never sounded so good 02br
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00Come on baby, baby let's go 02br
00Where we get the money honey I don't know 02br
00One more baby's alright by me 02br
00We'll just add another limb to the family tree 02br
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00Well raising up babies is our new sport 02br
00You're one day late and I'm a dollar short 02br
00Now maybe it was planned maybe it was a goof 02br
00But a cat just has to dance on a hot tin roof 02br
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00Come on baby, baby let's go 02br
00Where we get the money honey I don't know 02br
00One more baby's alright by me 02br
00We'll just add another limb to the family tree 02br
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00Well the lawnmower's broken, the tax is due 02br
00And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued 02br
00We got hand me down clothes, hand me down shoes 02br
00We got the big belly momma here we go again blues 02br
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00Come on baby, baby let's go 02br
00Where we get the money honey I don't know 02br
00One more baby's alright by me 02br
00We'll just add another limb to the family tree 0-
  

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0 Hi Flora, 02br 02br 01blockquote 00Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug12blockquote 12br 02br 00To "cut a rug" means to dance. It is a slang term that arose in the 1920's and 30's. 02br 01blockquote 00dancing with a baby looks more like a hug”12blockquote 12br 02br 00This may be literal, in that the song seems to be about having a family.

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0 Hi Flora, 02br
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00Dancin' in the living room cuttin' up a rug12blockquote
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00To "cut a rug" means to dance. It is a slang term that arose in the 1920's and 30's. 02br
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00dancing with a baby looks more like a hug”12blockquote
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00Thank a bunch for throwing daylight on my questions again. I still have lots of questions as following. Would you please kindly help me out? Thank again. 02br
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00Roll over Beethoven" never sounded so good 02br
001) So, above sentence means the to-be daddy don’t enjoy Beetle’s music 02br
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00Roll over Beethoven" never sounded so good 1) So, above sentence means the to-be daddy don’t enjoy Beetle’s music12blockquote
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00On the contrary. "Roll over Beethoven" is a rock and roll song, originally recorded by Chuck Berry and then by the Betles. daddy is having a good time - the rock and roll
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00You are a BIG BIG BIG helper. I understand the whole lyric now but the following one which you have explained twice time. Any other way to help me out? 02br
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00You're one day late and I'm a dollar short 02br
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00Why does it mean "too little, too late"? I have read your explanation abt this for several timessssssssssss
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00I have settle it down now. Thank you very much, anyway. 0-
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