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Not sure if American English has the phrase 'to throw up'* but to my English brain this title conjures up a very amusing but strange image. * vomit
by afandian 12y ago
Not sure if American English has the phrase 'to throw up'* but to my English brain this title conjures up a very amusing but strange image.
* vomit
- hueving 12y agoIndeed it does. "error handling without throwing up your lunch"
- noelwelsh 12y agoI don't know if the double meaning was intended, but it works in either case. :)
- pluma 12y ago"throwing X up" is different from "throwing up X", I think[0]. Compare "I was throwing my lunch up" vs "I was throwing up my lunch". A bit like "black" + "bird" (i.e. a bird with black feathers) vs "blackbird" (i.e. any subspecies of the genus Turdus or some icterid birds) -- "throwing" + "up" (i.e. throwing something in an upwards direction) vs "throwing up" (i.e. expunging the contents of your stomach). [0]: see http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw+hands+up http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw+hands+up
- afandian 12y agoI would understand "I was throwing my lunch up" vs "I was throwing up my lunch" to be completely equivalent. I've never heard the form of words "to throw one's hands up", but it's obvious what it means. Therefore "throwing my hands up" and "throwing up my hands" make equal sense and are equally humorous. (Not that it matters, of course there's no real ambiguity here)