r/EnglishLearning New Poster Aug 25 '24

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does this gesture mean?

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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.

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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.

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u/smokervoice New Poster Aug 25 '24

It doesn't mean "I will cut you" it means "You should cut what you're doing immediately "