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• Thread starter Thread starter redot
• Start date Start date Jun 20, 2009

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redot

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Chinese 'Big Man upstairs', is it a phrase that refers to certain type of people? thanks

JamesM

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Los Angeles, California English, USA It usually refers to God, but it could mean the president of the company or a large, heavy man who lives on the floor above. We need context to be sure, redot. Please remember that it is a requirement of the forum to provide context. Where did you hear or see this? What was the complete sentence? R

redot

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Chinese It does not really have a context, I saw it 2 times on Internet. One is : ill just leave that to the Big Man upstairs. Does it mean = God ? Thank you, JamesM. A

Alxmrphi

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NW England UK English

redot said: It does not really have a context, I saw it 2 times on Internet. One is : ill just leave that to the Big Man upstairs. Does it mean = God ? Thank you, JamesM. Click to expand...

Yep

JamesM

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Los Angeles, California English, USA

redot said: It does not really have a context, I saw it 2 times on Internet. One is : ill just leave that to the Big Man upstairs. Does it mean = God ? Thank you, JamesM. Click to expand...

As Alex said, yep. (As a side note, "ill" means "sick" without the apostrophe and the capital letter. It should be I'll, not ill. This is a great example of the importance of capitalization and punctuation in English. ) R

redot

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Chinese I see, thanks all! You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link

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