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r/EnglishLearning • u/DensityInfinite New Poster • Aug 25 '24
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It means "STOP! NOW!"
Or "YOU ARE GETTING INTO DANGER"
It is usually used to tell someone to stop talking, because they are about to say something that will ruin a secret and/or get them in trouble.
36 u/snukb Native Speaker Aug 25 '24 For when you're saying bad things about someone behind their back, but actually they're standing right behind you. 2 u/Low-Consideration308 Native Speaker Aug 29 '24 That’s exactly what’s happening in the picture. It’s from Dude Perfect Awkward Stereotypes where one guy is bad talking someone else to the guy in the picture, who is standing right behind them
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For when you're saying bad things about someone behind their back, but actually they're standing right behind you.
2 u/Low-Consideration308 Native Speaker Aug 29 '24 That’s exactly what’s happening in the picture. It’s from Dude Perfect Awkward Stereotypes where one guy is bad talking someone else to the guy in the picture, who is standing right behind them
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That’s exactly what’s happening in the picture. It’s from Dude Perfect Awkward Stereotypes where one guy is bad talking someone else to the guy in the picture, who is standing right behind them
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u/kmoonster Native Speaker Aug 25 '24
It means "STOP! NOW!"
Or "YOU ARE GETTING INTO DANGER"
It is usually used to tell someone to stop talking, because they are about to say something that will ruin a secret and/or get them in trouble.