英文电影宝地——The Nutty Professor

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ng into a Klumpkin. A cute play on words: In the famous fairy tale Cinderella, the title character must get home before midnight or she’ll become a pumpkin. You have a date with linoleum. A material used to make flooring or tiles. He’s so shy he didn’t even show up. A very common phrasal verb meaning to arrive or come. Is that a test tube in my pocket or am I just happy to see you? :: How dare you! A "test tube" is a small and narrow glass container in which liquids are stored. This type of question is a silly cliché when people want to make fun of the bulge or bump in a man’s pants. I felt you percolating. "To percolate" is to cause to pass through a filter, usually by heating (Coffee percolates, but it’s not usually said of people, though it is on occasion used to describe a person who is happy or excited). You’ve got to get some collard greens and some yams. Y’all got to get some peach cobbler in here. "Collard greens" and "yams" are vegetables and "peach cobbler" is a pie dessert (All three are popular with African-Americans). I’ve been nursemaiding Hartley for three hours... "To nursemaid" a person is to take of them, but note this verb, which is rare, is almost always used for children, not adults. Find the rich dummy a seat. It’s show time! This is an expression to announce the start of something that is going to be very entertaining or impressive (Such as when a basketball team becomes hot). I don’t know that fool. A very stupid, ridiculous, pitiful or pathetic person. I like to call it Buddy’s wonder tonic. In this context, "wonder" is an adjective meaning amazing or miraculous, and a "tonic" is a liquid medicine for good health. Cellular destabilization due to arrive. :: What the hell? Ain’t that a bitch! If a cell becomes "destabilized," it begins to fall apart. The last two sentences are just very slangy ways to express frustration, surprise or other strong emotion. Hey money bags, you want a demonstration? Feast your eyes on this! "Money bags" is a funny insult world for a rich person. The second sentence is a way of saying "Watch carefully, because it’s incredible" ("To feast" on a good meal is to eat with great enjoyment). That’s a hell of a trick! A colloquial expression to show emphasis ("That is an amazing trick"). Look out, David Copperfield, I’m about to make a 400 pound fat man disappear forever. A famous magician who performs a lot in Las Vegas. Hand over the vial now! :: Oh, sure thing, Hamster boy. A "vial" is a small glass container for liquids. "Sure thing" means of course or certainly, though here it used sarcastically. First, a short musical interlude. An interlude is a short period of music (or just time) between two sets of music or theatre. Buddy, what has gotten in to you,

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