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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: that's no good |
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M: He took my stuff without asking me.
W: That's no good. |
I cannot understand 'That's no good.' in the above.
Is it proper in the situation?
If so, can you tell me what 'That's no good.' means?
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CP
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: |
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It's proper to say. It means, That's pretty bad, that's not good at all.
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Chan-Seung Lee
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: one more |
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| We gave them water and kept them warm, but it was no good. |
Thanks for your kind reply as always, CP!
By the way, let me ask you one more question.
My early example, 'That's no good.', is different from the above example, 'it was no good.'?
Then, what does 'it was no good.' in the above mean?
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CP
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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The expression "but it was no good" means "but it didn't help" or "but it didn't work out" or "but it was no help," etc. You use it when you tried something and failed. "We tried to start a fire by rubbing sticks together, but it was no good." We couldn't get a fire going that way.
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