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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: Bamboozled | "I am always bamboozled at 2 am (Hong Kong time) how one individual can cause so much disunity in a community"
The text is a newsletter where the president of a very small owners association (10 neighbours) is complaining at the fuss that only own owner who has sued the community for almost no reason is causing to all other co-owners.
I seem to understand that people call him to his regular address in Hong Kong (the association is based on a Spanish local development) to comment on the issue, but I dont see how the other definitions I found for "bamboozle" fit in (=sweet talk/ confuse/ deceive) so...what does bamboozle actually mean?
BTW I have some experience in everyday UK English but this person in particular doesnt seem British, sounds a slight American/Irish accent (and lives in Hong Kong!) |
| Julieta Suárez LópezKudoZ activityQuestions: 15 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 175
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 patyjs
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Local time: 10:37
| Grading comment Muchas gracias a todos. Aturdido fue la palabra que utilicé finalmente por ser la que más se adecuaba a este contexto particular, pero con esto no quiero decir que las demás no fueran igualmente correctas
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27 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | bamboozled aturdido/alocado/pasmado
Explanation:
It's when you can't make any sense of something.
Suerte!
| patyjs
Mexico
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Muchas gracias a todos. Aturdido fue la palabra que utilicé finalmente por ser la que más se adecuaba a este contexto particular, pero con esto no quiero decir que las demás no fueran igualmente correctas |
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