Nov 6, 2006 04:09
18 yrs ago
English term
I would make more money with me measuring tape
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
See these goods, they never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite, Fanny-by-the-gas-light. If you can't see value here today you're not up here shopping, you're up here shoplifting. Take a bag, take a bag. I took a bag, I took a bag home last night and she cost a lot more than ten
pounds I can tell ya. Tell me if I am going too cheap. Not ninety, not eighty, not forty, half that and half that again, that's right, ten pounds. Don't think 'cos it's sealed up it's an empty box. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you here today I would make more money with me measuring tape.
what's the meaning of this sentense: " by the look of some of you here today I would make more money with me measuring tape."?
and how to translate this part of the sentense into chinese: "they never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite, Fanny-by-the-gas-light."?
pounds I can tell ya. Tell me if I am going too cheap. Not ninety, not eighty, not forty, half that and half that again, that's right, ten pounds. Don't think 'cos it's sealed up it's an empty box. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you here today I would make more money with me measuring tape.
what's the meaning of this sentense: " by the look of some of you here today I would make more money with me measuring tape."?
and how to translate this part of the sentense into chinese: "they never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite, Fanny-by-the-gas-light."?
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(Chinese)
| 3 | me = my |
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me = my
me = my eg me mum = my mother
it means 'you look as if you are about ready to be measured up for your coffins' - you would soon be business for me if I were an undertaker.
you look as if you will die before too long - half-dead and half-alive...
actually, means you should look more alive and start buying. wake up, stir yourselves.
it's a sales patter, auctioneer's talk - to get the crowd to start bidding. entertainment to goad them and encourage them. 鼓励大家买这些货的话
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Guy RitchieBACON: See these goods, they never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite, Fanny-by-the-gas-light. If you can't see value here today you're not up here ...
www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/lock_stock_and_two_smok... - 26k - Cached - Similar pages
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Fanny by Gaslight - the name of a film and a novel (1940s) set in the Victorian era:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:3TgJjl71sd8J:everything2...
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Daylight and Moonlight - poem by Longfellow:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:QHnIazhDj3oJ:www.litscap...
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Note added at 39 mins (2006-11-06 04:48:48 GMT)
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日光与月光:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:FNIoemqGq4UJ:zdyujia.any...
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-11-06 04:55:10 GMT)
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British Israelite sect:
Religious Movements: British-Israelism/Anglo-IsraelismSome scholars attribute the beginnings of British-Israelite beliefs to the ... Meanwhile, John Wilson continued to spearhead the British-Israelite movement. ...
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/britisrael.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-11-06 04:57:08 GMT)
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英国的Israelitism - [ Translate this page ]英国的Israelitism 是没有学派或崇拜而是宁可将被发现在许多教会里的同伴关系。 在它的高度, 大约1900 年, 它要求二百万名成员。 今天它的会员资格包括几一千相当年长人。 文本的一次仔细的考试由British Israelites 使用支持他们的论据表示, ...
mb-soft.com/believe/tcn/britisra.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 58 mins (2006-11-06 05:07:51 GMT)
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苏娘Fanny by Gaslight·苏娘(台)·免费电影资料库 - [ Translate this page ]苏娘Fanny by Gaslight,DVD,免费电影资料 点击放大 ... 编剧：, Aimée Stuart / Doreen Montgomery / Michael Sadleir. 类型：, 剧情. 别名：, 苏娘(台). 主要演员：. 詹姆斯梅森 菲莉丝卡尔弗特 威尔弗里德劳森 · 琼肯特 约翰劳里 斯图尔特格兰杰 ...
www.mov99.com/movie/2001052903654.html - 54k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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-> 日光,月光,以色列光,苏娘站这个煤气灯下光
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-06 05:17:56 GMT)
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日光,月光,以色列光,苏娘站(在)煤气灯下光
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-06 08:29:52 GMT)
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I'd make more money making you coffins than selling you these goods.(they're not buying, no movement? no talk? no reaction. )
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Note added at 1 day50 mins (2006-11-07 05:00:00 GMT)
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measuring tape = tape measure
it means 'you look as if you are about ready to be measured up for your coffins' - you would soon be business for me if I were an undertaker.
you look as if you will die before too long - half-dead and half-alive...
actually, means you should look more alive and start buying. wake up, stir yourselves.
it's a sales patter, auctioneer's talk - to get the crowd to start bidding. entertainment to goad them and encourage them. 鼓励大家买这些货的话
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-06 04:30:59 GMT)
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Guy RitchieBACON: See these goods, they never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite, Fanny-by-the-gas-light. If you can't see value here today you're not up here ...
www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/lock_stock_and_two_smok... - 26k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 32 mins (2006-11-06 04:41:27 GMT)
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Fanny by Gaslight - the name of a film and a novel (1940s) set in the Victorian era:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:3TgJjl71sd8J:everything2...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 35 mins (2006-11-06 04:44:48 GMT)
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Daylight and Moonlight - poem by Longfellow:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:QHnIazhDj3oJ:www.litscap...
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Note added at 39 mins (2006-11-06 04:48:48 GMT)
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日光与月光:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:FNIoemqGq4UJ:zdyujia.any...
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-11-06 04:55:10 GMT)
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British Israelite sect:
Religious Movements: British-Israelism/Anglo-IsraelismSome scholars attribute the beginnings of British-Israelite beliefs to the ... Meanwhile, John Wilson continued to spearhead the British-Israelite movement. ...
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/britisrael.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-11-06 04:57:08 GMT)
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英国的Israelitism - [ Translate this page ]英国的Israelitism 是没有学派或崇拜而是宁可将被发现在许多教会里的同伴关系。 在它的高度, 大约1900 年, 它要求二百万名成员。 今天它的会员资格包括几一千相当年长人。 文本的一次仔细的考试由British Israelites 使用支持他们的论据表示, ...
mb-soft.com/believe/tcn/britisra.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 58 mins (2006-11-06 05:07:51 GMT)
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苏娘Fanny by Gaslight·苏娘(台)·免费电影资料库 - [ Translate this page ]苏娘Fanny by Gaslight,DVD,免费电影资料 点击放大 ... 编剧：, Aimée Stuart / Doreen Montgomery / Michael Sadleir. 类型：, 剧情. 别名：, 苏娘(台). 主要演员：. 詹姆斯梅森 菲莉丝卡尔弗特 威尔弗里德劳森 · 琼肯特 约翰劳里 斯图尔特格兰杰 ...
www.mov99.com/movie/2001052903654.html - 54k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-06 05:15:49 GMT)
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-> 日光,月光,以色列光,苏娘站这个煤气灯下光
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-06 05:17:56 GMT)
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日光,月光,以色列光,苏娘站(在)煤气灯下光
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-06 08:29:52 GMT)
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I'd make more money making you coffins than selling you these goods.(they're not buying, no movement? no talk? no reaction. )
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Note added at 1 day50 mins (2006-11-07 05:00:00 GMT)
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measuring tape = tape measure
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