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..........a flight, understand?

English translation: can go ky a flite [fly a kite]

14:59 Mar 23, 2024
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Hold back the night (1956)
English term or phrase: ..........a flight, understand?
I can't understand what the actor is saying after Air force:

You and the Air Force.............a flight, understand?

Link: https://youtu.be/mKFqKspgDFg?si=gjXjhFKrWkOKlPv_ (51'54" --> 51':57")

Thanks!
Daniel Slon
Selected answer:can go ky a flite [fly a kite]
Explanation:
You and the Air Force can go ky a flite, understand?

It's a spoonerism. He means to say You and the Air Force can go fly a kite, understand?

go fly a kite
idiom mainly US informal old-fashioned
used to tell someone who is being annoying to go away
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-fly-a...
Selected response from:

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:53
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Alison! I would never find out what the actor was saying!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6can go ky a flite [fly a kite]
Alison MacG
4ago kya
Navjot Pandher


Discussion entries: 5





  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ago kya


Explanation:
Actually, he is drunk and talking about his lover (lady)having good friendship with Major. He is hurt by thinking wrong about their friendship.

Navjot Pandher
India
Local time: 04:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PunjabiPunjabi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: really a disagree. Pure gibberish
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
can go ky a flite [fly a kite]


Explanation:
You and the Air Force can go ky a flite, understand?

It's a spoonerism. He means to say You and the Air Force can go fly a kite, understand?

go fly a kite
idiom mainly US informal old-fashioned
used to tell someone who is being annoying to go away
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-fly-a...


Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Alison! I would never find out what the actor was saying!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: of course. Quite funny actually in the context
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Yvonne
agree  JaneD: It's definitely this (not sure how other people have been unable to hear it - he's acting drunk but it's quite clear!)
21 mins
  -> Thanks, Jane
agree  Hannah Lambert: This is the correct answer. Because he's drunk, he says the idiom incorrectly.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Hannah
agree  Robert Farren: Ha! As soon as I read this I could hear it.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robert
agree  Mark Nathan
1 day 4 hrs
agree  Sebastiano Liso: Yes, that's exactly what he says.
4 days
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