Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
flipping at the mouth
English answer:
swearing or talking back
Added to glossary by
Mazyoun
May 27, 2005 15:25
19 yrs ago
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English term
flipping at the mouth
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
If my daughter did something that I think I ought to jack up for, I won’t spank her. She’s sixteen years old. But if I say, “Come home. You have to be home at eleven o’clock.” And she’s not home at eleven o’clock and she comes in and starts flipping at the mouth, I’m not gonna get a belt and spank her. I might jack up against the wall, though, believe me.
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| 3 +8 | swearing or talking back |
RHELLER
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| 4 +1 | yapping |
Rafa Lombardino
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| 3 +2 | mouthing off/talking back |
silfilla
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swearing or talking back
not common - flipping someone off actually means giving them the finger (middle)
Peer comment(s):
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airmailrpl
: talking back
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thanks airmailrpl :-)
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Cilian O'Tuama
: giving me lip (or is that an Irishism?)
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we say "giving me lip" too - although the younger people don't use it as much
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Elena Petelos
: Hello Rita! 30° C (86° F) in London today!!! :-)))))
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hello elena :-)
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Can Altinbay
: Originally the finger, but looks like we gave it another application. Hi, Cilian, that's used, but not in this tone. I like Rafaela's comment - it seems a tranlsation of the whoe paragraph into English might be in order. :)
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I raised 2 sons and yapping is just flapping at the mouth - flipping at a parent about coming home late - something which may result in punishment - is not yapping
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Kirill Semenov
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thanks Kirill :-)
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Alfa Trans (X)
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thanks Marju :-)
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Jonathan MacKerron
: I'd slap that little vixen...
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careful now Jonathan, temper, temper...
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Refugio
: I'm guessing it's meant to be flapping at the mouth
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Comment: "Thanks all."
+1
2 mins
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yapping
talk noisily or foolishly
Main Entry: 1yap
Pronunciation: 'yap
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): yapped; yap·ping
Etymology: imitative
1 : to bark snappishly : YELP
2 : to talk in a shrill insistent way : CHATTER
- yap·per noun
Main Entry: 1yap
Pronunciation: 'yap
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): yapped; yap·ping
Etymology: imitative
1 : to bark snappishly : YELP
2 : to talk in a shrill insistent way : CHATTER
- yap·per noun
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3 mins
silfilla
Works in field
mouthing off/talking back
perhaps
Peer comment(s):
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airmailrpl
: both
7 mins
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thanks ;-)
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Can Altinbay
: Yes, both.
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thanks ;-)
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