Is a cold day a phrase to express something?
two men was quarraling,one man said"i 'm offering you a world class coach,you shoud be kissing me at my feet,(why does he use" shoud be doing"instead of "shoud do"?he want to emphasize something?)then another man put this sentence back to him"it will be a cold day before i kiss anything of yours"
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Let me first correct some spelling and grammar mistakes in your question.
Two men WERE quarraling. One man said, "I'm offering you a world class coach. You SHOULD be kissing my feet." (Why does he use "SHOULD be" instead of "SHOULD do"? DOES he want TO emphasize something?) Then another man RESPONDS WITH this sentence, "It will be a cold day before I kiss anything of yours."
1) The first man could also say, "You should kiss my feet", it would be grammatically correct, of course. However, by saying "you should be kissing my feet", using the present continuing tense, he is emphasizing the action and also makes more of a contrast between what he should be doing (kissing his feet) and what he is actually doing.
2) The full idiom is "It will be a cold day in Hell before I..." Hell is supposed to be extremely hot, so the meaning is that whatever comes after "before I..." will never happen.
Hope that helps!
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