Timeline for is it correct to say to a man "such a drama king" or "such a drama queen"?
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| Dec 1 at 15:10 | history | edited | gomadeng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 1 at 4:02 | comment | added | gomadeng | @Sam Simple and clear answer helps English language learners to advance further and understand the nature of the expressions in question and become flexible in thier thinking process when they interpret the word, the phrases and the sentences especially in terms of the primary meaning: literal meaning. | |
| Dec 1 at 2:46 | comment | added | Sam | I have a language pet peeve when people say "Is X or Y ok? yes." Please don't follow "or" with a "yes". That is ambiguous. Would you like ice cream or cookies? "yes". Well, to fix that, you can phrase it "both are ok." "In fact, both are acceptable". "either may be used." etc etc. Just not "the answer is yes." :-) | |
| Nov 30 at 16:41 | comment | added | TimR | Yes, that is the intended reference. It is a taunting remark typically said by a guy to another guy who is not acting, he believes, with enough "spine". | |
| Nov 30 at 15:31 | comment | added | gomadeng | @TimR Does 'a pair' means 'a pair of balls' of a man? | |
| Nov 30 at 15:09 | comment | added | TimR | It would no more or less "correct" than saying that a woman "didn't have the balls" to say or do something requiring courage. I've heard it said in a movie but it was being used in a manner that deliberately went against convention and stereotype. I've heard a woman in a movie say to another woman, "Oh, grow a pair". But again, that's running counter to "standard" usage. | |
| Nov 30 at 15:03 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | That is a really bad 'dictionary' link. | |
| Nov 30 at 14:41 | comment | added | Lambie | Yes, we take idioms all the time and change them. It's called creativity. | |
| Nov 30 at 13:30 | history | answered | gomadeng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |