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Sentence #10541597

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DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez December 3, 2021 December 3, 2021 at 4:24:47 AM UTC link Permalink

I’ve heard “your fly’s up”, is that valid?

JimBreen JimBreen December 6, 2021 December 6, 2021 at 10:42:41 AM UTC link Permalink

Thanks. I went with #10541584.

JimBreen JimBreen December 6, 2021 December 6, 2021 at 9:48:13 PM UTC link Permalink

An old-fashioned way of saying it in English was "Adjust your dress!" When I was a boy, way back in the last century, there used to be signs saying that near the doors in mean's public toilets. The first time I saw one I thought I'd gone into a women's toilet by mistake.

small_snow small_snow December 7, 2021, edited December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:16:35 AM UTC, edited December 7, 2021 at 1:17:35 AM UTC link Permalink

:)

この文に、コメントをするのは控えようと思いつつ、ついつい。
今では、そういう(Adjust your dress!)貼り紙はないんですか?
21世紀生まれ代表 @DJ_Saidez くんは見たことある?

ちなみに、日本では、それこそ前世紀になりますが、女性の場合は「理科の窓」と言ってました。(なぜか、私は「音楽の窓」と覚えていました)

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez December 7, 2021, edited December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:28:35 AM UTC, edited December 7, 2021 at 1:38:32 AM UTC link Permalink

>21世紀生まれ代表 @DJ_Saidez くんは見たことある?
「Adjust your dress!」っていうのを、ない :)
でも、Jimさんはオーストラリア出身で、僕はアメリカ出身で、その違いもあるね

実は、そんなの「チャックをチェック!」紙、見たことないよ
普段に見る紙は「手を洗ってください」とか「水を流してください」とかっていうの
男だから「立って使う場合上手にしてください」っていうも見たw

JimBreen JimBreen December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:40:17 AM UTC link Permalink

That expression was very British English.

small_snow small_snow December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:44:42 AM UTC link Permalink

>That expression was very British English.
私もそうなのかなと思いました。「紳士であるべし」のような。

small_snow small_snow December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:45:28 AM UTC link Permalink

>男だから「立って使う場合上手にしてください」っていうも見たw
ありがとう。w

@CK さんもありがとう。

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:46:44 AM UTC link Permalink

I'll add my version as well since it seems it's used

CK CK December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:48:25 AM UTC link Permalink

This is UK English. Jim, is this used in Australia, too?

[#6552215] Your flies are undone. (sundown)

JimBreen JimBreen December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 1:59:36 AM UTC link Permalink

@CK - "This is UK English. Jim, is this used in Australia, too?"
I've never heard the plural "flies" used that way.

I've never heard “your fly’s up” either.

CK CK December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 2:04:22 AM UTC link Permalink

I've never heard "you're fly's up" either, but if I did hear it, I would assume that it means the opposite of "you're fly's down." Maybe a caretaker taking care of someone might say "Don't worry. You're fly's up." to a patient.

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez December 7, 2021, edited December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 at 2:06:56 AM UTC, edited December 7, 2021 at 2:08:27 AM UTC link Permalink

In hindsight, I'll ask on HiNative to double-check, because the main example I remember, I was told by a non-native speaker, and it was to mean this and not the opposite
I get conflicting results on Google

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2255472Your zipper's open..

社会の窓、開いてますよ。

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