Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: I put my money where my mouth is

Cosa vuol dire la frase in oggetto?
Grazie in anticipo.
Ciao.
Marco

 Cosa vuol dire la frase in oggetto?
"Put your money where your mouth is, buddy!", vieni a farmi vedere che sai
anche *fare* quello che dici!
"I bet I can beat you at arm wrestling" (o come diavolo è)
"Ok, put your money where your mouth is. Bet you 10 grands that you can't!"
Ciao
Frances
-- 
I'm a wild and an untamed thing
I'm a bee with a deadly sting!
--

anche *fare* quello che dici!
Un'aggiunta...
Questo idioma (il senso originario è quello che dice Frances) ha anche
molte varianti scherzose o come titolo ad effetto.
E cone alcune trovate su Internet:
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
( slogan per un ristorante, una certa marca di cibo ecc)
Put Your Money Where Your War Is -
(titolo ironico sull'insufficienza di fondi per  spese di guerra di
Bush ) 
Put Your Money Where Your mouse Is -
(slogan sui nuovi sistemi per effettuare investimenti finanziari
online)
Put Your Money Where Your Mouthpiece is.
(articolo sull'importanza per un'azienda ecc di investire sui buoni
"portavoce" )
ROTB
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- Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.-
- Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.-
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 - Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.-
IHIH! :)
-- 
Last week I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I
have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that
statement. (Mark Twain)
--

<<Oh no I don't want it
You can take it all
I'll put my money where my mouth is
Put your suitcase in the hall>>
Shoot down the moon - Elton John
Are you quoting Sir Elton John  ? :-)
Bye
Andrea

 "Ok, put your money where your mouth is. Bet you 10 grands that you
can't!"
Forgive my obtrusion but grand --> AmE? (1000 $ is that right?) (Quids-->
BrE?)
Can't remember the synonym used in Full Monthy... it was quid or a multiple
of quid... O__O
Dream

 of quid... O__O
Humm...me neither at the moment, unfortunately. Got to watch it again. 
-- 
Slán abhaile,
Frances
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 Cosa vuol dire la frase in oggetto?
Another idiomatic way to say the same stuff:
"you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?"
"Put up or shut up!"
Cheers,
Frances
-- 
Aequius est, ut ego tot talium amicorum consilium sequar, quam ut tot tales
amici meam unius voluntatem sequantur.
-M. Aurelius, Capit. xxii. 3, 4

 Forgive my obtrusion but grand --> AmE? (1000 $ is that right?)
Anche "a thou"
 "I need to borrow a hundred thou." 
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-- 
Enrico C

 of quid... O__O
"10 grand" (senza la s) - non si scrive/dice "10 grands"
In BrE grand means £1,000 in this context. A quid = £1, so a thousand quid
is a grand.
Also, in a more Cockney style(y): donkey, monkey and pony are other sums of
money.
I bet you don't know how much!
:)
Zz
http://groups.msn.com/tefl
Home of at least one linguist.

:)
Although my "Cockeny aquaintances" (?!) I still ignore it!
Please unfold the mystery :)
Frances
-- 
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men, to be thought half as
good.
Luckily this is not difficult.
--

 --
How nice! Where does it come from? Mrs. Thatcher or what?
Bye-bye, FB

 wrote in message
news:uijxw6omas2w$.18par6jxaf5cf.dlg@40tude.net...
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Okay. Here goes...
A monkey is £500, a pony is £25, and a donkey is an animal like a small
horse with long ears.
Happy now? :)

 Happy now? :)
ROTFL!
You bl.... British! (no offense, c'mon, I didn't intend to use British as
an insult :)))
BTW, considering the type of irony (and the location, indeed), have you
ever read Perry McCarthy's book? The racing driver, I mean (not *that*
famous, perhaps...). Right, I somewhat find a similar tone :)
Cheers,
Frances
-- 
Lune...
Entends le cri d'un homme qui a mal
Pour qui un million d'étoiles
Ne valent pas les yeux de celle
Qu'il aime d'un amour mortel
--

Scríobh FB:
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Oh, just an old wise saying ;) (I thought it was terribly banal, actually,
having read it almost *everywhere*. Thank got it isn't, or so it seems ;)
Byte byte
-- 
I've one thing to say and that's ...
Damn it - Janet - I love you.
--

 famous, perhaps...). Right, I somewhat find a similar tone :)
I don't know the author...
:)
Zz

 I don't know the author...
Major bummer, he's soooo funny :))
BTW, should you want to give it a try: "Flat out - Flat broke. Formula 1
the hard way". 
Cheers :)
fr
-- 
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember
if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. (George Burns)
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 the hard way".
You know what, Frances? I will.
:) Zz

 the hard way".
You know what, Frances? I will.
:) Zz

 Frances wrote...
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If you feel like it, tell me how you find it (wondering whether my liking
[FB! see?!! BTW, I have sum'thin' to tell yoU about "that" :)] the book
might be kind of warped by the fact that I appreciate the person).
Frances, :D 
-- 
Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your
children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain
control of your estate. (Woody Allen)

 Frances, :D
By "appreciate" you mean "fancy", right?
;-)

 control of your estate. (Woody Allen)
He's always been optimistic.
Bye-bye, FB

 ;-)
... o__O'
You think...!? And may I ask you what drove you to that conclusion...?! 
Peculiar comment for an Englishman, by the way ;)
fr
-- 
L'eau peut aussi être bonne pour le coeur... (LPP)

 Peculiar comment for an Englishman, by the way ;)
Thanks. Tell me Frances, what makes you think it peculiar?
Zz

 Thanks. Tell me Frances, what makes you think it peculiar?
Oh nothing, just that it is uncommon to get "sexually related" (even on a
low notch on the "sex"-scale, and just meaning to make some fun out of
that, obviously) comments out of the blue from most of the English people I
know (concur there *are* some exceptions!)
...Or - it occurred to me right now - you really are Perry *en travesti*
and are probing "the area"!?
Cheers!
Frances
-- 
Un matin tu dansais
Sur la place au soleil...
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 and are probing "the area"!?
I like your choice of words. "Probing" seems very apt.
Oops! There I go again!

 Oops! There I go again!
Humm. There is something that seems to bug me, here. You sound too familiar
(aside from the fact that I seem to get only the "second" meaning of your
comment!). Ok, I admit there *are* exceptions. Two exceptions, so far ;)
En passant, hope you enjoy your new year's eve :)
Frances
-- 
"That was just an obscene phone call."  "Oh?  Who were you calling?"

 Frances
Thanks. It was great! Happy New Year!! Did you have a good time?
Zz

Happy New Year!! Did you have a good time?
Yup, quite a good one (at least not being stuck under a 5ft-thick snow
slab...), thanks :) (jaysus, how British we sound, mate!)  
Fr
-- 
Education is an admirable thing, but it is as well to remember from time to
time, that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.     (O.Wilde)
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 slab...), thanks :) (jaysus, how British we sound, mate!)
*slab of snow*
LOL - apart from "jaysus" sounding Irish, mate being more usually Australian
(depending on your intonation), and virtually everyone else calling
themselves English, Scottish or Welsh in preference to British. Not that I
care.
You must have you lived abroad at some time... You can't have got this good
just from watching TV!

 just from watching TV!
Considering that I do not even own a TV because it gets me sick to watch
almost *every* program here, the last sentence holds true (apart from the
"this good"-flattery bit). But no, I've always lived in Italy, so far (and
I am not entitled to complain about incompetent English teachers or
anything, like nearly everyone here does, as I've actually been studying
French at school :)). I've been spending my summer holidays in Dublin for
... hum, I'd say 12 years or so, thus making friends there and everything
that goes with it. Learning more or less like a chimp: repeat the sounds
you hear (from other chimps :)), because you have to survive, eventually.
And what do you say about your italian? I am perfectly aware that you can
understand everything we say, not to mention scold us when some crap
english slips out of our little mouths :) Confess.
Smiley, F
-- 
Functions - Fortran95 Manual, chapter 14.
"I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Why so can I, or so can any man; but will they come
when you do call for them?"
William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 1.
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 english slips out of our little mouths :) Confess.
Confession would make me more Italian? :)
Prima di frequentare questo NG, non usavo il mio italiano mai per circa 4
anni. Prima di quello, vivevo in Italia per 2 o 3 anni. Cerco di migliorarmi
ora, in preferenza di dimenticare tutto! Ho imperato la lingua bene in poco
tempo dal inizio, e 5 anni fa lavoravo come insegnante e traduttore
italiano/inglese. Oggi mi fa fatica a scrivere neanche dieci parole in
italiano. Voglio ritornare alla cima! Vedrai!
Zz

 the Thames Estuary.
People say mate all over the country, but not everyone says it... so it is
not just Estuary English. It is commonplace in all the major cities in
England and Scotland. I had one particular accent in mind, when I wrote the
above.

 italiano. Voglio ritornare alla cima! Vedrai!
Se aggiungi "verrą un giorno!" con il dito puntato, sei GIA' in cima!
BTW, considering your good level now, it won't really take you long to 
perfect what you know. Maybe you will have to come back and spend some time 
among us ;)
Fr - jealous of the short(issimo) Zz nick.
-- 
I'M JUST A SWEET TRANSVESTITE
FROM TRANSEXUAL, TRANSALVANIA!
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 Fr - jealous of the short(issimo) Zz nick.
Woo. Time for bed.
:)

 Woo. Time for bed.
What are you doing up so late? You aren't of the right age yet (urrrgh, too
lazy to get my brain in gear and find a better way to say this).
Good night :)
Fr
-- 
La sottile meraviglia nell'oscurità misteriosa:
questo è l'inizio di ogni comprensione. (Lao Tzu)
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Heinz is (always) 57.
Close, eh?
Io no, io no, io no... was me humming a Vasco Rossi song to self... :)
Zz

 Close, eh?
... [silence]
Fuck.
All right, a bit of google-group search, hu? Hmmm, pretty lucky to find the
message concerning age. 
I'm totally tied up at the moment, but I'll get back to you on this.
...
Mah...
-- 
Je ne regarderai ni l'or du soir qui tombe,
Ni les voiles au loin descendant vers Harfleur,
Et quand j'arriverai, je mettrai sur ta tombe
Un bouquet de houx vert et de bruyère en fleurs.
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 I'm totally tied up at the moment, but I'll get back to you on this.
The mind boggles.
Busy also.
Zz

 Zz
RushingFf

... getS incin... 
Uffh.
EvenmorerushingFr

 RushingFf
Like the nick (Ff). I wouldn't rush you, btw (2nd meaning)... confused now?

 Like the nick (Ff). I wouldn't rush you, btw (2nd meaning)... confused now?
A bit. Is it perhaps about drugs effects? Or just some chafing effect due
to "friction" (uhhu, talking about a periphrasis...).
Ff, then
-- 
J'ai beaucoup vécu chez les grandes personnes. Je les ai vues de très près.
Ça n'a pas trop amélioré mon opinion. (LPP)
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 to "friction" (uhhu, talking about a periphrasis...).
Not quite either one. Friction of what?
Zz
P.S. You are now in debt.

 P.S. You are now in debt.
Told ya: do you want me to send over some typical county products from
Vicoforte? (I promise alive cows are not involved :))
Maybe we should switch to italian, so that I can balance the score. But
that would be toooooooooooooo quick! (like "bullets over the Red Cross"!
:)))
Fft
-- 
"Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, then perhaps we shall find the
truth... But let us beware of publishing our dreams before they have been
put to the proof by the waking understanding." -- Friedrich August Kekulé
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 :)))
But good for me. Let's go!

 But good for me. Let's go!
Wait: what's the score now? Let's say 10 horrible mistakes for me? Please
note I am being terribly honest.
Ffft! (I sound like an angry cat, this way...)
-- 
Laws are dangerous for everyone, innocent and guitly alike, because they
have no human understnding in and of themselves. They must interpreted.
States: The Bene Gesserit View
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 Ffft! (I sound like an angry cat, this way...)
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Repspunderry in ithalleeyarno, pair fayvoree.

 Repspunderry in ithalleeyarno, pair fayvoree.
Uuuhuhh! Faccio un sacco di punti-spelling, qui! :)
I'm afraid the other NG dwellers have long since been bothered by (jesus:
correct me here: I'm playing by ear, and playing dreadfully) our OT
conversation, whatcha think...? 
Ciao :)
Francesca
-- 
-English-Piemontese-
Scoop us = Scapaccione, schiaffo
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> What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Fsh!
Which reminds me... this is much more groansome than my supermodals comment!
:)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION #1:
Do you know where we get the term "raspberry" originates from?
...as in: "Hold your nose, someone's let off a raspberry!!"
Zz
http://groups.msn.com/tefl

 ...as in: "Hold your nose, someone's let off a raspberry!!"
...From the rhyming slang raspberry tart meaning 'fart'. {Informal} 
:))) Can't believe it!
But it can also mean cripple and nipple!
Must be either hylarious or terribly tricky to understand each other in
London!
Vai con la prossima!
Fff
-- 
Demain, dès l'aube, à l'heure où blanchit la campagne,
Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais que tu m'attends.
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 Vai con la prossima!
OKAY.
Volevo scrivere in italiano, ma sento tanto ristretto!
###QUESTION 2###
There was a survey (many years ago) that found that around 50 words
accounted for half of all the words in common use, and just nine account for
one quarter of all the words in almost any sample of written English.
How many of the nine words in my list can you guess? (OPEN TO ALL)
These are taken from a book I've just finished. The survey is VERY old, but
the words are unlikely to have changed.
:)

 How many of the nine words in my list can you guess? (OPEN TO ALL)
Hum, surely 
- AND
- THE
- A
- the verb TO BE (hey, I'm thinking of all the passive forms as well...)
- HAVE/HAS (as an auxiliar, or whatever you call it, too)
maybe not in this order, indeed.
:)2U
-- 
Un jour, nous avons chanté: "We shall overcome".
Nous étions, parmi tant de choses,
beaux, comme toujours, jeunes,
guidés par la joie.
Et nous voilà, comme toujours!
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 - HAVE/HAS (as an auxiliar, or whatever you call it, too)
Not bad...
and
be
have
it
of
the
to
will
you
I'm tailing off now......................