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English translation: the pills she is taking are helping her mental illness from becoming worse


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07:49 Jun 10, 2008
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Those pills are all that stand between my sister and the nuthouse.
kenrry
English translation:the pills she is taking are helping her mental illness from becoming worse
Explanation:
basically, without the pills - she would be in a nuthouse.
so the fact that she's taking them is helping her.
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SebR
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5 +8the pills she is taking are helping her mental illness from becoming worseSebR


  

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the pills she is taking are helping her mental illness from becoming worse


Explanation:
basically, without the pills - she would be in a nuthouse.
so the fact that she's taking them is helping her.

SebR
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxAllergic
4 mins

agree  orientalhorizon
9 mins

agree  Florance
12 mins

agree  Ken Cox: Not really slang (except perhaps 'nuthouse'); simply idiomatic English.
2 hrs

agree  Ian Davies
3 hrs

agree  BdiL: Ken Cox is oh so right! Maurice
4 hrs

agree  Gary D: they work for me :-)
15 hrs

agree  Phong Le
17 hrs
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