Do you rag on everybody?
Hello friends, I was playing pocker and then somebody asked me that, what does that mean?, is that rude?.
- The translator gave something meaningless.
7 Answers
Interesting , dakie, this should be it...were you complaining?
? (rag on) N. Amer. informal complain about continually.
Although "rag on" can often mean to complain or whine continually to a particular person, it can also mean something more along the lines of "to give someone a hard time." In this sense, it is similar to other phrases such as "rank on" and "bag on," and the person saying it might have meant to imply that you were giving them, in particular, a hard time. It does not necessarily mean, however, that you were complaining. It could have also been a euphemistic way of saying that you were playing, teasing, horsing around with him too much, and possibly that he was getting a bit annoyed by it.
Edit:
I just read Julian's comments, and I like the way that he put it. I just wanted to mention that (at least in my experience) this expression is often used a bit pejoratively (although often somewhat in jest), and is a somewhat coarse [removed]or at least was originally). I think that some of the coarseness of this expression has worn off, however, considering that I have often heard this expression applied towards little children who constantly whine at their mothers (or grandmothers, fathers, etc).
The love of my life is correct but not completely. When you rag on someone, you complain only about that person to that person only - continuously.
From your context, it doesn't seem that you were necessarily complaining or whining but rather that she felt like you were giving her a hard time by possibly calling into question the validity of such a wager (especially being that it was the first hand).
Without further context, I am not completely sure, but it seems more like she was saying something like, "Do you pick on everybody (or just me)?" or, "Do you ride everyone like that?" (implication: "Quit riding me!")
Again, I am not completely sure, and to understand her full intent, I would probably need to be privy of further information such as what (if anything) transpired prior to this, what was her facial expression, tone of voice, etc. In any case, I did find this link which describes numerous synonyms of the expression rag on which (to me at least) seem to be a fair representation of the various ways in which the expression is often used.
Being native with English I would perceive this as someone asking me "Do you tell on everyone?" 'Telling on them' is like turning them in for something that they did. Does that help?
Interesting , dakie, this should be it...were you complaining?
? (rag on) N. Amer. informal complain about continually.
After seeing Izan's answer:
¿Qué, te metes con todo el mundo o qué?
So it could be something like : Do you complain of all??.
