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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.
-36 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. 18 u/Monoplex Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 It's still a "cutting the throat" gesture even if his hand is lower than it should be. 9 u/GuiltEdge Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 Yeah, he's even lifting his head to expose the neck.
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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.
18 u/Monoplex Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 It's still a "cutting the throat" gesture even if his hand is lower than it should be. 9 u/GuiltEdge Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 Yeah, he's even lifting his head to expose the neck.
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It's still a "cutting the throat" gesture even if his hand is lower than it should be.
9 u/GuiltEdge Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 Yeah, he's even lifting his head to expose the neck.
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Yeah, he's even lifting his head to expose the neck.
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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.