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My mom gets more action than I do.

English translation: "love" action

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English term or phrase:My mom gets more action than I do.
Selected answer:"love" action
Entered by: jerrie

16:17 Jan 24, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: My mom gets more action than I do.
I'm having a shit day, my mom get more action than I do, and she is getting more assignments.
vkan
"love" action
Explanation:
Mum's having more luck in the 'man' department...
Having more dates / more physical love action, etc
Selected response from:

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +14my mother has a more exciting time/life than I do
Cilian O'Tuama
4 +11My mother has more sex than I.
NGK
4 +4"love" action
jerrie


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
my mom gets more action than i do.
My mother has more sex than I.


Explanation:
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NGK
United States
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 379

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  pike
1 min
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: I think you might be overinterpreting this one, no indication of sexual connotations IMO. But we'll see what the others think :-)
2 mins
agree  Mary Worby: This was my first inclination, but without knowing the context it's impossible to know whether it's this or Cilian's 'tamer' interpretation ;-)
4 mins
agree  RHELLER: my first thought but the "more assignments" makes it unclear
11 mins
agree  hmwright13
51 mins
agree  Rajan Chopra
57 mins
agree  Aisha Rishi
1 hr
agree  Michele Johnson: My guess.
2 hrs
agree  sarahl (X): that would be my understanding but the assignment business is puzzling.
2 hrs
agree  Alexandra Tussing: possible
6 hrs
agree  nyamuk: I am not sure that the action that they are talking about is sex here. However I think it is safe to say that there are few people who utter this phrase ignorant of the innuendo 'getting more action' = 'getting more sex.'
8 hrs
agree  Charlie Bavington: yep, my guess is that the "and" is heavily emphasised, so this person's mum has more sex AND gets more "work" (or whatever the assignments are).
11 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
my mother has a more exciting time/life than I do


Explanation:
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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 455

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  pike: Possibly. Mr. Kramer's solution is more likely.
2 mins
  -> Quite possible, but with only one sentence to go by, a risky interpretation IMO
agree  Mary Worby: Also a possible interpretation, although my money's probably on the 'lurve' action! ;-) We can only tell with more context!
7 mins
  -> Nice to have you back, Mary!
agree  Ines Garcia Botana
19 mins
agree  Catherine Bolton: Without more info on the passages before and after the one sentence we've been given, I'd definitely stick with a more neutral turn of the phrase.
33 mins
agree  Rajan Chopra: context is lacking
58 mins
agree  Refugio: Your answer would include the first answer, and we truly don't know. It could mean she is dating more, or could even have a work context, since assignments are mentioned.
1 hr
agree  winterjasmij (X): sounds good to me, no matter what the context may be.
1 hr
agree  Aisha Rishi
1 hr
agree  sarahl (X): you can't go wrong with this.
2 hrs
agree  Alexandra Tussing: also possible
6 hrs
agree  melayujati: safer.
6 hrs
agree  David Moore (X): Much safer....
7 hrs
agree  verbis
7 hrs
agree  achisholm: without more context, this is a safer answer.
8 hrs
agree  Rajiv Arora
7 days
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
"love" action


Explanation:
Mum's having more luck in the 'man' department...
Having more dates / more physical love action, etc

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 773

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mardes (X)
1 min
agree  Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
42 mins
agree  Alexandra Tussing: could be
6 hrs
agree  Rajan Chopra: another possibility
10 hrs
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