• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I mean, I’ve been speaking English long enough that I think I’ve got a pretty good grasp,

    Yeah, enough to assume you know everything, more than lifelong speakers of it.

    but I still am constantly surprised by regional idioms

    This isn’t a regional idiom and is something used on the internet constantly.

    You said “subservient”, not me, so maybe also take that one to your therapist too. (this is clearly a word choice you would judge someone else for)

    I wrote a simple explanation but I’ll try ONE last time with an example. If someone at your workplace was always covering for a coworker that is fucking up, you might think “hmm I wonder if they are involved”.

    Having said that, again you are indicating on several levels a lack of genuine curiosity so there’s little chance I’ll respond again.

    • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      You said “subservient”, not me, so maybe also take that one to your therapist too. (this is clearly a word choice you would judge someone else for)

      quoting you:

      “Sucking someone’s dick” is often used as a way to refer to someone sucking up to someone else in a way that isn’t explicable unless there were a secret relationship

      you were the one who said that the expression “sucking dick” means “sucking up to someone else”- do people often “suck up to” their subordinates or their superiors?