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"it�s confusing as all get-out." what does that mean? -- nm

Posted by Loyola Oct 14 '10, 13:33

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"all get out" = "hell" -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:34
really confusing -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:34 9
- Where did they get the "get-out" out of? -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 13:34 8
  - "all get out" is just an expression. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 13:36 3
    - Interestingly a quick Google reveals it may have been found in Huckleberry Finn -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:40 2
      - It just occurred to me that Rick Castle reminds me of Mark Twain (at least insofar as depicted on TNG) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:42
      - That seems to be where the "all" was added, anyway. -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 13:41
  - I dunno. If I were to invent a meaning, I would say that it derives from panic-escape situations like shouting fire in the theatre. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:36 1
    - Ah yeah that makes sense, cheers. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 13:37
  - Get out! *shoves you* -- nm - Monica Oct 14, 13:35 1
    - Are you stickin' it to me? - Elaine Benes Oct 14, 13:38

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