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[Vera2007]

RACHEL: And she's not crazy?

CHANDLER: Oh no no no, she's a total wack job . Yeah, she thinks that Joey is actually Dr. Drake Remore.

1. A wack means an odd person, and what does"job" mean here?
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CHANDLER: Susie Moss, right, yeah, wow, you look. . . great job growing up.

2. Does that mean you are a grown-up now, and you got a great job?
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JOEY: Well, I'm making money now and this is paying you back for head shots, electric bills, and so many slices of pizza I can't even count.

3. "head shots" means "photos" ?
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JOEY: Alright open your eyes. [opens his eyes to see two black leather recliners and a big screen TV]

CHANDLER: Sweet mother of all that is good and pure.

JOEY: Huh? Days of our Lives picked up my option.

CHANDLER: Congratulations!

4. Is "Sweet mother of all that is good and pure" an idiom and what does it mean?

5. Could you explain the meaning of "picked up my option"?
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JOEY: Well, that was only 'cause I used the red one (toothbrush) to unclog the drain.

CHANDLER: Mine is the red one! Oh God. Can open, worms everywhere.

6.What is the meaning of "can open, worms everywhere"?
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MRS. GELLER: We just know she's got the IQ of a napkin.

7.why does it use "napkin" to describe a low-IQ person?

Thanks a lot to teachers!

[CP]

1. A wack means an odd person, and what does"job" mean here?
--"Wack job" is just another way to say "nut case" or "crazy person." In the U.S., we might say someone is wack or is a wack job, but not that someone is a wack. Maybe the British use wack as a noun.
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2. Does that mean you are a grown-up now, and you got a great job?
--No, it means she really did a great job of growing up, from a little girl to a woman. She must be very pretty, or else it wouldn't be such a great job.
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3. "head shots" means "photos" ?
--Yes. Actors get pictures of themselves to attach to their resumes in hopes of getting chosen for parts that they either did audition for or would like to audition for. They call the photos "head shots" because they are usually close-ups of the face, not full body unless there's a particular reason for it.
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4. Is "Sweet mother of all that is good and pure" an idiom and what does it mean?
--Sort of. "Sweet Jesus!" and "Sweet Mary!" and "Sweet Mother of Jesus!" and the like are mild exclamations, something like, "Good heavens!" But count on Chandler to put a little twist on it to make it funny.

5. Could you explain the meaning of "picked up my option"?
--The daytime soap opera called "Days of Our Lives" renewed his contract, exercising its option to do so by the deadline. So he has a job, which means money, and he bought a TV and two recliner chairs for him and Chandler to sit in and watch it.
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6.What is the meaning of "can open, worms everywhere"?
--Another Chandler twist. To open up a can of worms is to do something that causes a lot of problems. Imagine opening up a can full of worms--what a chore it would be to get them all and keep them from going everywhere. While most people would just say the cliche--"Now you've really opened up a can of worms, Joey!"--Chandler just alludes to the well-known expression with, "Can open, worms everywhere."
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7.why does it use "napkin" to describe a low-IQ person?
--It could have been anything inanimate to get the point across. "She has the IQ of a brick / a table / a shoe." An ordinary table napkin is not very smart, either, and probably Mrs. Geller said "napkin" in such a way as to get the best laugh out of the joke.
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[missdaredevil]

But *count on* Chandler to put a little twist on it to make it funny.
Could you explain and use it in another sentence?



Another Chandler *twis*t.
an eccentricity or strange personal characteristic or twist of word meaning?


Thanks

[CP]

If I say, "You can count on me," it means you can depend on me, you can be sure that I will come through / do what I say I will do. If I say, "You can count on Chandler to put a little twist on it to make it funny," it means that you can be certain that he will do something a little different to make it funny.

A twist is something new or unexpected. Most stories / movies / plays have a more or less familiar plot, but they often have some sort of twist in the plot to make them a little different and interesting.
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