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14 Jul 2020
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A : Mom ! please knock the door before you open it !
B : Oh well. I’ve told you to come downstairs for breakfast and you haven’t yet. So I’m here.
A : But you heard my voice saying I’ll be there soon !
B : I heard indistinct mumbles.
A : Well, you take what you can get in this life, Mom.
In this conversation, what does
‘Well, you take what you can get in this life’ mean ?
He’s being sarcastic ?
A : Mom ! please knock the door before you open it !
B : Oh well. I’ve told you to come downstairs for breakfast and you haven’t yet. So I’m here.
A : But you heard my voice saying I’ll be there soon !
B : I heard indistinct mumbles.
A : Well, you take what you can get in this life, Mom.
In this conversation, what does
‘Well, you take what you can get in this life’ mean ?
He’s being sarcastic ?
B : Oh well. I’ve told you to come downstairs for breakfast and you haven’t yet. So I’m here.
A : But you heard my voice saying I’ll be there soon !
B : I heard indistinct mumbles.
A : Well, you take what you can get in this life, Mom.
In this conversation, what does
‘Well, you take what you can get in this life’ mean ?
He’s being sarcastic ?
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It sounds natural. In that situation, it means" take a hint" or" take that as an opportunity to know what I am saying". It is kind of used for comedy.
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this whole conversation sounds very 'made up'; it doesn't sound natural at all.
But to answer your question, it means "don't miss any opportunities to gain something"
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Oh well, I got that from some American TV show.
So if that doesn’t sound natural at all, well the TV show made a wrong script I guess.
Thanks anyway.
Oh well, I got that from some American TV show.
So if that doesn’t sound natural at all, well the TV show made a wrong script I guess.
Thanks anyway.
- English (US) Near fluent
It sounds natural. In that situation, it means" take a hint" or" take that as an opportunity to know what I am saying". It is kind of used for comedy.
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@D_Kim oh, and I also forgot to mention, it is also for serious things. Such as:
A: I only got $10! That is not going to help me with my payments!
B: Well, you take what you can get in this life.
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