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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
47 mins ago
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
idioms
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I was studying English, so I downloaded a comprehension reading test and I found a phrase which I can't understand:
Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight.
I think that it's an idiom because I don't find word definitions that help me understand the phrase.
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3
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
47 mins ago
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3
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
47 mins ago
3
3
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
47 mins ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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It's not an idiom. Each word means exactly what it says.
Mine means 'my one', referring back to the seat belt.
On tight means exactly what it says - attached securely. So
I will not drive anywhere until my seat belt is attached securely.
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A seatbelt is something you put on, and you can make it tight.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
Possibly you are not parsing it correctly: It is is "on-tight".
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
2
'on tight' is not usually hyphenated.
– Michael Harvey
8 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey ay por dios Get with the program , man0. It works in this situation.
– Cascabel
8 hours ago
@Cascabel - It doesn't work for me here, and your tone doesn't exactly make me want to expend any extra effort to understand what you're getting at.
– aparente001
47 mins ago