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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 36. The noun phrase today is

  • knuckle sandwich. Okay. This noun phrase means a punch in

  • the mouth. Yeah. So you you can imagine of course you know these are your knuckles

  • and you give somebody a knuckle sandwich, it means you, you hit them right in the

  • mouth with your knuckles. Of course that would be a punch. So it's usually meant

  • as a joke. It's meant in a humorous way. We say to give somebody a knuckle

  • sandwich. All right. Let's continue with the note. It is often used in humor as a

  • joke. Right. The phrase was originally used in connection with tough street

  • gangs a long, long time ago. It was commonly used in films such as the

  • Bowery Boys and The Dead End. Yeah. The Bowery Boys was already very

  • very old even when I was a kid. It was repeats on TV in black and white and it

  • was already very, very old at that time. So you're really going pretty far back.

  • All right. Let's look at a couple of examples here. Example number one. If you

  • don't stop teasing me, I'm going to give you a knuckle sandwich. A lot of times people

  • will actually make a fist like that too when they say it. And number two. How dare

  • you say that. Are you asking for a knuckle sandwich ? Okay. Anyway, I hope you

  • got it. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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英語導師Nick P名詞短語(36)Knuckle Sandwich(指關節三明治) (English Tutor Nick P Noun Phrase (36) Knuckle Sandwich)

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