What are you on about? - English example sentence

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FeuDRenais September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 10:56:47 AM UTC

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Can someone check the Japanese here?

The Chinese just says "what are you doing?"

blay_paul September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 11:16:15 AM UTC

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> The Chinese just says "what are you doing?"

That's what "What are you about?" means.

FeuDRenais September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 11:33:53 AM UTC

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Not to me, at least.

"What are you about?" generally means "what do you like to do?" or "what things are you interested in?"

British tag?

blay_paul September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 11:47:34 AM UTC

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Better not. It may be an idiolect or minority usage.

FeuDRenais September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 11:55:13 AM UTC

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K. I tagged it as "ambiguous".

Horus July 18, 2024 July 18, 2024 at 2:02:05 AM UTC

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What are you about?

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