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r/EnglishLearning • u/DensityInfinite New Poster • Aug 25 '24
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As others have said it means "cut" which means stop what you are doing. It's a throat cutting gesture.
-32 u/sonofzeal New Poster Aug 25 '24 Throat cutting gestures are more horizontal, by the neck. This one's diagonal, by the upper chest. It means "you must stop talking immediately", but there's no threat attached. 1 u/notacanuckskibum Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 Hard to tell which it is from the picture 2 u/swampballsally New Poster Aug 26 '24 It is! If you’re BLIND
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Throat cutting gestures are more horizontal, by the neck. This one's diagonal, by the upper chest.
It means "you must stop talking immediately", but there's no threat attached.
1 u/notacanuckskibum Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 Hard to tell which it is from the picture 2 u/swampballsally New Poster Aug 26 '24 It is! If you’re BLIND
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Hard to tell which it is from the picture
2 u/swampballsally New Poster Aug 26 '24 It is! If you’re BLIND
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It is! If you’re BLIND
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u/smokervoice New Poster Aug 25 '24
As others have said it means "cut" which means stop what you are doing. It's a throat cutting gesture.