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bloomin' well off again

English translation: it's just Martha making her usual racket

17:15 Feb 22, 2009
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English term or phrase: bloomin' well off again
a british man goes to an institute for mentally disturbed women. while looking for some acquaintance, escorted by a lady in charge, he hears a voice:
"Then someone started to wail loudly somewehere in the building behind me, and curiously, this had the effect of putting the women at their ease. One wiry-headed lady nearby grinned at me and said, 'Don't you worry, love, it's only Martha. She's bloomin well off again!'..."
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Local time: 11:48
Selected answer:it's just Martha making her usual racket
Explanation:
Bloomin' is short for blooming.
"She's blooming well..." is a milder form of "she's bloody well...", i.e. it is a mild expletive. As in "Bloomin' heck, Martha's at it again!".

"To be off again" = "To start saying/shouting something again". As in, "Don't mention the war, you'll set him off again."

The women are at ease beacuse Marth'a wailing is a familiar sound.
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Mark Nathan
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4 +10it's just Martha making her usual racket
Mark Nathan
3she's started wailing in a mad fit again
Patricia Townshend (X)


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she's started wailing in a mad fit again


Explanation:
The woman has started off on one of her mad fits of wailing. "bloomin' well" is a mild swear expression. Clearly no one is particularly worried about it.

Patricia Townshend (X)
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it's just Martha making her usual racket


Explanation:
Bloomin' is short for blooming.
"She's blooming well..." is a milder form of "she's bloody well...", i.e. it is a mild expletive. As in "Bloomin' heck, Martha's at it again!".

"To be off again" = "To start saying/shouting something again". As in, "Don't mention the war, you'll set him off again."

The women are at ease beacuse Marth'a wailing is a familiar sound.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 09:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Good explanations.
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agree  Gunilla Zedigh
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agree  Adela Porumbel
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agree  Jeanette Phillips
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agree  Rachel Fell
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agree  Gary D
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agree  Phong Le
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agree  AniseK
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agree  B D Finch: It also suggests that the speaker is a Londoner, or at least from SE England.
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  -> You're bloomin' well right there luv!

agree  Alexandra Taggart: Blooming good explaination!
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