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GrayMan

Joined: 23 Oct 2014
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:00 am Post subject: good shaking

What do you think "She needs a good shaking."means? Thanks in advance.

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Lorikeet

Joined: 08 Oct 2005
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:20 pm Post subject:

Well I can only guess on this one, without any context. It's not a positive thing. I'd guess it means one person disagrees with another person's ideas and thinks she "needs a good shaking" or "shake some sense into her" although people don't usually really shake anyone.

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