Dec 5, 2005 20:36
18 yrs ago
English term
toy the gaffer's line
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Ballet dancers are like footballers - athletic, good to look at,
but always toying the gaffer's line in interview.
Then the interview starts and the ballet dancer says:
- Dance is my life, I wouldn't know what to do without it. I really want to excel.
but always toying the gaffer's line in interview.
Then the interview starts and the ballet dancer says:
- Dance is my life, I wouldn't know what to do without it. I really want to excel.
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NGK
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For what it's worth:
toe the line : to conform rigorously to a rule or standard
gaffer
1 : an old man -- compare GAMMER
2 British a : FOREMAN, OVERSEER b : EMPLOYER
3 : a head glassblower
4 : a lighting electrician on a motion-picture or television set
The point seems to be that dancers have nothing to say in interviews other than trite clichés. I don't know what this might have to do with gaffers though.
toe the line : to conform rigorously to a rule or standard
gaffer
1 : an old man -- compare GAMMER
2 British a : FOREMAN, OVERSEER b : EMPLOYER
3 : a head glassblower
4 : a lighting electrician on a motion-picture or television set
The point seems to be that dancers have nothing to say in interviews other than trite clichés. I don't know what this might have to do with gaffers though.
Peer comment(s):
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jccantrell
: I think it is employer for this context, so they never say anything that might reflect badly on the ballet company that currently employs them.
3 mins
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ah yes, that would make sense
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Ken Cox
: yep, that's what I was thinking -- never say anything that might displease the owner or coach
11 mins
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Tony M
: Surely it's intended to be a hideous pun on dancing and toes?
12 mins
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Joanna Borowska
: with jccantrell
14 mins
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
: gaffers are employers/directors/supervisors and Dusty is right
26 mins
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Heh, a very forced pun indeed :P This page has an interesting etymology on the phrase "toe the line": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line
29 mins
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Dave Calderhead
: and with JC and Dusrty - nice ref Maria
49 mins
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Nikos Mastrakoulis
: Very interesting ref!
4 hrs
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Romanian Translator (X)
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Mikhail Kropotov
: Wikipedia also cites the misspelling "tow the line". Toy, tow or toe, the line is gonna get its due! :)
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