Clues for Chuck #1 game

Question

Here are some clues for the Chuck game, based on some of the PM questions that I have received as well as some of the phrases that seem to be the least intuitive. Now maybe a few more non-native speakers can post their answers before we let Gekko have a go at it....

Clues for the Chuck #1 game:

"all that and a bag of chips"--this used to be a compliment when the saying first came out, meaning that someone was everything you'd ever want and then had a bonus on top of that. But over the years the meaning of it has changed, and now when someone says that about another person, it is not a compliment. It means that the person has delusions of grandeur. As in, "Alecia thinks she's all that and a bag of chips, but she's nothing as far as I'm concerned." It is something that is said behind a person's back (you'd never say it to their face) as a way of making it clear that the person values him/herself far, far more than anyone else does.

"the Big Kahunah"-- as far as I know the saying first was used a long, long time ago to refer to a very large wave, one that could be used for surfing. From there it evolved into meaning "the chief something". Finally, it became a slang term to mean "the boss". This, again, is not something said in front of their face, but a disparaging term to use behind their back.

"see you on the flip-flop"--I got a couple of PM's about this one. Flip and flop are opposites. So if the current time is now, seeing you on the flip-flop means "see you later"

"canned" (also "ash-canned", "given the boot", "bounced", many other terms) means to be fired from one's job. Literally it means that you were thrown in the garbage can.....ash-canned=thrown in the ash can......given the boot=kicked out the door by the boss' shoe kicking you in the butt and making you stumble out of his office....bounced=what happens to you when you've been given the boot and fall on your way out (figuratively)

Me encantan estos hilos! - mountaingirl123, Oct 8, 2010

Great clues, Echoline! I love canned! - sanlee, Oct 8, 2010

Awww! Now it's a piece of cake!! ;-) - Gekkosan, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 1

In England they say "canned" (getting fired from your job) as "sacked". Like sanlee said, "to get the axe".

Sacked is also used in America....as well as to get the ax. (or axe if you're from New England!) - Echoline, Oct 8, 2010

I never heard sacked where I grew up, West Coast, probably just not quite as common there. - amykay, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 2

Clue for canned in the phrase book. To get the axe

Answer 3

"see you on the flip-flop"-- i like this one...i ve been reading about this one over the internet...and it may have some sexual or double meaning isnt it

en mexico decimos...ahi la ven..y la otra persona si capta tu doble mensaje contesta...ahi la ves tu

i mean when u say to another person ahi la ves like saying see u later..la ves has can have a double meaning if u have a pervy or playfull mood at that moment...it can be undertood like c the peenis ..instead of c u later

I know of no double/sexual meaning for this. It used to be a very common phrase on the radio when they would bridge the show from the entertainment portion to the news portion....as in, "It's time for Christopher Michael and the news, but I'll see you on - Echoline, Oct 8, 2010

the flip-flop with music from the Beatles and Damien Rice." - Echoline, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 4

"canned" en espanol podria ser mas o menos como....lo corrieron del trabajo

No creo, no he oído nunca eso de "correr" en España. Más bien "lo largaron", lo pusieron "de "patitas en la calle" - cogumela, Oct 8, 2010

ya lo creo que nunca lo has oido jejejje soy de mexico i bet u havent heard it before..im from mexico - artman37, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 5

"all that and a bag of chips" like saying he think hes the last coca cola on the desert?

el se cree la ultima cocacola del desierto

Yes, very much the same. - Echoline, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 6

Hi, y'all,

I'm Chuck, and I'm here to give you the latest juicy goss!

First thing out of the box, I have to tell you about this geezer at work. He thinks he's the cat's whiskers , but the truth is, he's a right plonker. He dresses like a slob, stinks like a polecat and, truth be told, he's not the full shilling. He thinks he's God's Gift. Far from it....he gives women the creeps.

So, earlier today this bloke had what he thought was a big lightbulb moment, so he went into the guvner's office and laid the idea on him. Big surprise, it got squelched right from the word go. He pushed his luck by rattling on until the boss lost his rag. He gave him the boot, just like that. I'd put money on it that next week you'll find him somewhere saying, "You want fries with that?"

This is Chuck, signing out for now, but I'll see you in two shakes..

I said I'd have a go at putting some of this into some colloquial English that I know - surprisingly difficult, I think I've absorbed so many Amercian colloquialisms from tv etc that some of them spring to mind quicker than the British ones!

I really can't think of any equivalent for Hi, y'all, except sometimes people will say daft things like 'Morning campers', otherwise I think we just use standard English. Big lightbulb moment I'd also say in standard English. Again with 'lay the idea on him' , I have no idea for a colloquialism.

I don't think I use many tricky colloquialisms, I suppose it's the kids and tv you have to go to for that.

Maybe these will amuse somebody.

Cute! :-) - Echoline, Oct 9, 2010