Jun 7, 2008 07:21
15 yrs ago
English term
Italy
It's a groaner
English
Art/Literary
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
The text is part of an interview to a photographer. Q: "Shooting beautiful women with Africa as a backdrop and beautiful beasts as props could be considered something of a cheap shot, don't you think?"
A: "I get that all the time."
Q: "And how do you answer?"
A: "It's a groaner. I just groan. I feel that as a by now quite accomplished parasite on subject matter, I can do both—extreme beauty is extreme beauty"
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
adriana
A: "I get that all the time."
Q: "And how do you answer?"
A: "It's a groaner. I just groan. I feel that as a by now quite accomplished parasite on subject matter, I can do both—extreme beauty is extreme beauty"
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
adriana
Responses
+6
10 mins
Erin DeBell
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Technical and Practical Expertise
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English, English to Spanish
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4
English term (edited):
it\'s a groaner
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It's a question that I get so often that it makes me groan
It's an annoyance. He just groans in response. He is an artist, a photographer. He gets the question so often that he doesn't even bother answering it. It's a groaner means it's something that provokes a groan, an expression of annoyance and impatience.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank very much Krendall and everybody else who took their time to reply!"
+3
14 mins
it's stale, corny
banal
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John Alphonse (X)
: The speaker himself says it causes him to groan, so not sure that's what the asker needs to know. But the meaning is that the comment is cliché - or corny and stale.
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Thank you, John
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Tania McConaghy
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