Cup half full is a saying. The idea is that there's a glass with water half in it. Is it half full or half empty? Saying you have a cup half full is a way of saying you're an optimist. That you see the brighter side of things. Instead of being upset that the cup is 'half empty', you're happy it's at least 'half full'. It's used to say if you're the type to see situations in a positive light always. Like "I'm a cup's half full kind of person." I can explain further, if that's not absolutely clear! 2. 【'I got boned at the Museum of Natural History' mug】, what does 'I got boned' mean? is this bone the same verb as in "remove the bones from fish or meat? why 'I got boned?' why is a person's bone removed? OR does bone have anything to do with 'sex'. I looked it up in Urban dictionary, it says bone means having sex with someone , which is even more confusing if being applied here. It's slang in this case. It does mean , "I had sex". As for why the mug might say I had sex at the Museum of Natural History: American culture glorifies sex. In other words, people brag about where they had sex, or how much sex they had. It's a cultural thing. 3.【now that】. Can I just use "now" here in stead of "now that?" Now that I think about it is also a phrase. You cannot use now here. The phrase roughly means, "I just thought about this" 4. 【wasted】and 【bombed】. are these standard english meaning drunk? or just prison lingo? can i use them in everyday english? Wasted is standard english meaning drunk. Bombed is less often used. They're both slang, but you could use them among friends! 5.【dumpster】. is this a regular english word or a brand/ trademark? Dumpster is literally a giant trash can. In America, we take our trash and put them into giant metal containers called dumpsters, until trucks take them away. I hope this all helped!

This is really interesting. It's hard to realize how much of language is colloquial until seeing something like this. The answers to your questions are below. 1. 【cup is half full】 There's a saying about being optimistic where we say that people who are optimistic see the glass as "half full." People who are pessimistic see the glass as "half empty." The glass (or cup) in the metaphor has the same amount of liquid in it, but depending on the person's perspective, they'll see it differently. I think in this scene there's maybe a double meaning because I think he might have been actually drinking a glass a wine that was half full. 2. 【'I got boned at the Museum of Natural History' mug】"Got boned" or "boning" is indeed a slang term for sex. That is the meaning here. I don't know the rest of the context of the conversation so I assume she's making some kind of joke or perhaps a reference to something else. Maybe the mug actually has this written on it. If so, it was probably some kind of gag gift. 3.【now that】. "Now that I think about it" is a set phrase that includes both "now" and "that." It would sound a little strange to say "now I think about it" since the former is a set phrase. We us this when discussing something that we hadn't thoughtfully considered previously. 4. 【wasted】and 【bombed】Regular people use the phrases "wasted" and "bombed" to mean drunk. These terms would be used in casual conversation though, not in formal conversation. 5.【dumpster】A dumpster is a large trash receptacle that usually sits in an alley behind a building. The person is making a joke that he was so drunk that he woke up in a trash bin. The suggestion is that no one knowingly sleep in a trash bin, so someone would have to be REALLY drunk to wake up in dumpster.

"Cup is half full". More usually "glass" than "cup". See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_the_glass_half_empty_or_half_full%3F. The question is this: imagine a glass. Half the glass has water in it, the other half has air in it. Ask yourself whether you would characterize the glass as half empty, or half full. A grateful person (for example, an optimist) will see the water that is present, and call it half full (of water). An ungrateful person (for example, a pessimist) will see that not as much water is present as *could* be, so they'll focus on the empty part and call it half-empty (of water). But, as geeks like me are fond of pointing out, the glass is full (it has air and water in it). :D The Natural History Museum mug is a joke based on the fact that the museum is full of old bones (dinosaur skeletons, etc), and that "to be boned" is a very rude way of saying "to be made love to." The joke is just a bit of silly fun. You may have heard of the "mile-high club" which a person is considered to be a member of if they'd made love on an airplane. So perhaps the mug is making the silly joke that making love in the NH Museum is something to be proud enough of to proclaim it on a mug (plus it's making a pun on the word "bone"). "Now that" as in "now that I think about it" means "I have just now (thought about it)". The implication is that you haven't thought about the thing until just a moment ago. Another example: "My friend is always complaining I don't call. But now that I think about it, he never calls me, either!" Yes, you could just say "Now I think about it" in the same way that the word "that" is very often omitted. "Wasted" and "bombed" are slang words for drunk. Yes, you can use them in everyday English in informal situations. "Drunk" is safe in formal situations, and "inebriated" is even more formal. And a dumpster is the kind of large garbage container that you see behind stores and restaurants and in alleys. The word is used *all the time* in the US.

still me~ ley me make my questions clear here. 1. 【cup is half full】 what does it mean? here 'cup' is a metaphor for what? is this a regular english expression and phrase? can i use it everywhere or just here? 2.  【'I got boned at the Museum of Natural History' mug】, what does 'I got boned' mean? is this bone the same verb as in "remove the bones from fish or meat? why 'I got boned?' why is a person's bone removed? OR does bone have anything to do with 'sex'. I looked it up in Urban dictionary, it says bone means having sex with someone , which is even more confusing if being applied here.  3.【now that】.  Can I just use "now" here in stead of "now that?" 4.  【wasted】and 【bombed】. are these standard english meaning drunk? or just prison lingo? can i use them in everyday english? 5.【dumpster】. is this a regular english word or a brand/ trademark?