Question Hi, there Could you help with some expressions from a House episode? (Or "from a episode of House"????) 1) Two women are talking and they say: A: It's the third time they've changed plans

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Question Hi, there Could you help with some expressions from a House episode? (Or "from a episode of House"????) 1) Two women are talking and they say: A: It's the third time they've changed plans since Friday. These idiots think you can just add a B: And I thought turning the garage into a nursery was complicated. Any luck on your end yet? A: Not for lack of trying. What does "any luck on your end" mean? 2) House and a friend are talking and they say this: Friend: What the hell happened in Baltimore? Sorry, chief. House: Never kiss and tell. Friend: I think you just did. There's no such thing as "just a kiss. House: Did you iron your shirt? Everybody's flash today. What does "never kiss and tell" and "flash" mean? 3) Finally, House is talking to some work colleagues and they say: House:How did the HIV test go? You study up?" Colleague: I rescheduled for this afternoon. (...) House: Who finished the animal crackers? Why "study up" . Why not "Did you study it up?"... And does "finish" mean "eat up"?... Could I say "Did you finish all of the pizza?" Does it sound odd? And can you use "finish" to refer to things that you don't eat? Thank you very much

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Hi, there

Could you help with some expressions from a House episode? (Or "from an episode of House"????)

1) Two women are talking and they say:
A: It's the third time they've changed plans since Friday. These idiots think you can just add a
B: And I thought turning the garage into a nursery was complicated. Any luck on your end yet?
A: Not for lack of trying.
What does "any luck on your end" mean?

"We have been working in different ways. Have you had any success in the method you were using to solve the problem?"

2) House and a friend are talking and they say this:
Friend: What the hell happened in Baltimore? Sorry, chief.
House: Never kiss and tell.
Friend: I think you just did. There's no such thing as "just a kiss.
House: Did you iron your shirt? Everybody's flash today.

What does "never kiss and tell" and "flash" mean?

Never kiss and tell= literally that. If you have kissed/dated/slept with someone, don't tell other people about it. He was probably joking though

Flash = neste contexto, "bem vestido"

3) Finally, House is talking to some work colleagues and they say:

House:How did the HIV test go? You study up?"
Colleague: I rescheduled for this afternoon.
(...)
House: Who finished the animal crackers?

Why "study up" . Why not "Did you study it up?"... And does "finish" mean "eat up"?... Could I say "Did you finish all of the pizza?" Does it sound odd? And can you use "finish" to refer to things that you don't eat?

"Study up" is an american way of saying "Did you study all the things you had to study?". We wouldn't use it in the UK, but it's just an idiomatic expression so the grammar doesn't have to make sense. The whole question is a joke of course. An HIV test is a medical procedure, not a school test, but I'm sure you knew that!

Finish means to eat everything that remains. Yes you can say "finish a pizza". This could happen if you had a whole pizza and ate it all or if there were two slices left and you got hungry and ate them. later, if someone came looking for the pizza and found only an empty plate they might ask "did you finish the pizza".

Finish can be used in other contexts too. Yesterday I started writing a poem, but this morning I finished it. Then I started binge-watching Happy Valley and I had finished the whole series by dinner time.

"Any luck on your end" means the same thing as "Did you get any results?" For example, if two friends are looking for a book in a library, Friend A might say, "I can't find it. Any luck on your end?" And if Friend 2 found the book, then they "had luck on their end." "Don't kiss and tell" is a saying that basically means "don't tell anyone," or "I'm not going to tell you," or don't betray confidence. It originally was used in a romantic way, to say that one doesn't talk about personal and intimate things, but can now be used to say in a playful secretive way that you're not going to give someone the answer to the question they asked. To be "flash" can mean to be up to date, or to be at one's best. House asks if the friend ironed their shirt, and asked if they're "flash" because their shirt was looking nice and presentable. "To study up" is a casual way to ask if someone studied something or prepared information. So if you and a friend have a test at school, you can ask them, "Did you study up?" "Finish" can be used as a way to say eaten, yes! You can use it any time you're done with something. If you're done with dinner, you're "finished," or if you completed your work for the day, you're also "finished with work." It's a casual way to say done with something, or anything. I hope this helps!

Any luck on your end : have you had luck with this? Have you been able to do whatever you wanted to do yet? Are you successful in completing this task? Never kiss and tell : this is the idea that it's not polite to kiss / have sex with someone and then tell others about it later. You might hear someone say, "I don't kiss and tell," which means they're keeping that part of their life private. Flash : I'm not sure what this means - are you sure this is the correct word? It might be "fresh." If it is, that means everyone's dressed up and looks very good. Study up : I haven't heard this phrase before. I think it'd be more common to say, "Did you study?" But in this case, House is being a little bit of a jerk ; you can't study for a HIV test anyway. So he's being a jerk and making a joke at the same time (which he does a lot.) Finish (food) : yes, when House says "Who finished the animal crackers?" It means that someone ate all of the crackers and there aren't any left. This is a common way to talk about food! You can say, "Did you finish the pizza? Did you finish your meal?" Sometimes I hear, "Did you finish your plate?" (That means someone wants to know if you ate everything on your plate." You can use finish for other things, too : "Did you finish your homework?" "Did you finish working out?" "Did you finish talking to your mom?"

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