Having been a hockey enforcer in high school, that's the first thing I think of when I hear the phrase.nice gaijin said:Another possibility is hockey, where the players throw their gloves off when they want to fight.
Actually, I don't know when that started. In the Medieval and Renaissance periods, you didn't slap, you just threw your glove on the ground, symbolizing a challenge. If the person picked it up, that meant he accepted it.Lastly, it might be a throwback to the days when dueling was legal. To challenge your opponent, you would take your glove and slap him across the face.
Or "oh, it is so on!" Had to add that emphasis there.These all relate somehow to the instigation of a violent act, but the modern use of the term isn't limited to violence. Other similar phrases include "pulling out all the stops," "no holds barred," and most recent, "oh it's on!"
ahh, wasn't there a point in time when slapping was part of the challenge? or is that just hollywood fantasy?GodEmperorLeto said:Actually, I don't know when that started. In the Medieval and Renaissance periods, you didn't slap, you just threw your glove on the ground, symbolizing a challenge. If the person picked it up, that meant he accepted it.
Possibly Hollywood fantasy, but perhaps it simply arose later in history, like when dueling was primarily with pistols.nice gaijin said:ahh, wasn't there a point in time when slapping was part of the challenge? or is that just hollywood fantasy?
If I saw some poster starts insulting other poster with cuss words on the forum, I could post and sayOriginally Posted by nice gaijin
These all relate somehow to the instigation of a violent act, but the modern use of the term isn't limited to violence. Other similar phrases include "pulling out all the stops," "no holds barred," and most recent, "oh it's on!"
Kyoko_desu said:Oh! "in a bunch" doesn't mean "a lot" but does mean something like " in a knot" .ってことですね？
Kyoko_desu said:Then yeah! I would get hysterical if my panties get in a bunch when I'm in a hurry. (Actually, I have had this kind of experience at work many times, in the summertime. You know you sweat like hell at work in summer and you go and use the restroom in the break time (it's only 10 minutes) and you get your panties twisted because they are all sweaty but you'll get in trouble if you don't go back to your work in 10 minutes but you still have other things to do as well, like drinking something, go to your fav co-worker and have a small chat and many many more..aaaagagaga!)ﾂ LOL
Kyoko_desu said:Well, thank you, Glenn san, for also explaining what "having a cow" means.
It's interesting because we Japanese see something 落ち着きのある in "cow" because cows move slowly and they are resting and chilling all the time, but English-speaking people think being hysterical is like having a cow.
Ah! Having a cow = Giving birth to one!Originally Posted by Glenn
Oh, having a cow is the same as giving birth to one, and there's nothing 落ち着きのある about that!
Kyoko_desu said:Oh you don't know how tight girls' panties are?
When girls' panties are wet, it gets really hard to pull them up.
This is just an explanation desuyo! No sukebe connotation at all!
Kyoko_desu said:Ah! Having a cow = Giving birth to one!
納得！ 説明をありがとうございました！
Well you pretty much summed it up well Kyoko! A "love-hate relationship" could be translated as a 愛憎関係（あいぞうかんけい）, whereas "love it or hate it" is either the one or the other: love or hate.Kyoko_desu said:love-hate = 好きでもあり、同時に嫌いでもある ?
love it or hate it = 好きじゃないから嫌っている ?
ぜんぜん下手なんかじゃないよん！ エクセレントだよ～！「あばよ～」なんて言わないで、これからもどんどん教えてくださいね～！！(あ～、leonmarino さんの日本語すっごく楽しいね！いつもにっこりさせてくれてありがとう！）Originally Posted by leonmarino
下手な説明でスンマセン！あばよ～！