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[stevenukd]

Dear Teachers,

1. Pay her no mind, and she'll love you for it.
- "pay her no mind" means "don't pay attention to her", right?

2. Be different from other guys. Believe it or not, I can go out with a pink shirt on and pull girls left and right.
- What does "pull girls left and right" mean here?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Stevenukd

[bud]

1. Yes.

2. I've never heard of "pull girls," but it must mean "attract girls."

"To [do something] left and right" is to do it frequently, probably more than you could imagine.

So he is saying that when he wears a pink shirt, he attracts a lot of girls - more than you could imagine.

[Bob S.]

[bud]

Cool! Thank you, Bob.

[Veravera]

Is that like fishing, using the pink shirt as a bait?

[bud]

Yes, Veravera, that's exactly what "reel in" is referring to.

We also talk about a woman "hooking her man." That's making him fall in love with her, and is an analogy to getting a fish to bite down on a fish hook.