Thursday, September 15, 2011

Rub it in


If you “rub it in”, you make a bad situation worse by commenting on it or reminding someone about it. We often do this when we tease people in a fun way. The full expression is: “To rub salt in a wound”.

1. Calvin and Hobbes are standing in the pouring rain waiting for the school bus. Calvin talks about how comfortable and warm he would be if he were still in bed. Hobbes doesn’t have to go to school with Calvin and rubs it in by saying that he was going to get back into the warm, cozy bed.

2.  
- In the last Soccer World Cup, South Africa didn’t make it to the round of 16.
- I know… please don’t remind me.
- Weren’t they beaten by Uruguay and eliminated? The goalkeeper got 

  a red card…
- Now you’re just rubbing it in… Everyone knows it was a bad call 

  by the referee.
- Wasn’t the score 0-3?

3 A conversation on Skype:
[17:12 PM] Frank Degenaar: Hey Amauri, how are you doing in Finland?
[17:12 PM] Amauri Holanda: It’s freezing... I can’t feel my toes it’s so cold, even with
                                         2 pairs of socks on!!
[17:13 PM] Frank Degenaar: Well, today I went to the beach and worked on my tan...
                                          And you? Did you go ice fishing?
[17:13 PM] Amauri Holanda:  LOL! Stop rubbing it in! No… I’ve been doing some research
                                          for my doctorate… on things you’ll never understand.
[17:14 PM] Frank Degenaar: Yeah, I know… now you’re rubbing it in! I know… I’m just a
                                          simple English teacher :)


4. Not to rub it in… but I’ll send you a postcard from Hawaii to put on your desk… so you can think of me lying in a hammock between 2 coconut trees or SCUBA diving in Molokini Crater… while you’re working in your little cubicle in the office.

5. When someone makes a mistake or has a small accident, do you rub it in and criticize them or do you encourage them?

4 comments :

  1. Do you rub it in with your friends when they make a mistake (just to have fun)?

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  2. Nice blog man, congrats! I remember when Iramaia posted on Twitter last year about it. Since then I'm subscribed, but I've never made a comment in a post.

    I rub it in with my friends and family sometimes just for fun, but I always let them know I'm just kidding. It's kind of a sarcastic way of doing it.

    If there are mistakes in my comment, feel free to correct me. I like it. =]

    Thank you for another great blog post.

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  3. Hey Marcos... It's good to have you around!

    Just one correction: "Since then I've been/ I have been subscribed".

    It's a classic case of present perfect. Not easy for Brazilians, because present perfect is not commonly used here.

    See you around!

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  4. Nice Frank!

    Thank you! I suspected it was wrong. =]

    From now on I'll participate more actively on the blog.

    See you.

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