Kat's Movie Potluck

[Kat C]

Hi,

Steve, sorry that you couldn't make it! Hope to see you next time.

Sherry, it was great having you and Fiona there. I hope we were not running too late for you. Maybe next time I can find something a bit shorter?

Josh, THANK YOU. THANK YOU! Your place is amazing, and your hospitality is even more so. I hope you had as great a time as I did!

Thanks to everyone who showed up. I'd like to do another one before I leave in June. Join us again!

Kat

P.S. For those who'd like to check out the script for tonight's movie: http://screenplayexplorer.com/wp-conten ... e-Days.pdf
For the reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/next_three_days/

The expressions we talked about tonight:

1. To drive a wedge between (two people) - to turn one person against another.
2. To make a crack about - to make fun of someone or something, or say something sarcastic or insulting.
3. Someone "has got it all figured out" - to know how to work things (or the system) to achieve certain aims; to have found the secrets, the keys, or the answers to the big questions or things in life.
4. You are really a gem - When said sarcastically, it means you are unbelievably stupid, or bad, or weird.

Did I miss anything?

Oh no! I forgot to take some pictures!!!

[Josh]

kat
you also forgot your flash disk and if somebody lost a cup in today's party, just call me

I'm very happy for today's party and look forward to the next one.

[Josh]

Fiona called me again. She left a thermos in your place. :

OK, I will take it to the next meeting(wed).

[gavintsai]

Combining a party and a lesson together, what a lovely idea.

Thank you, Josh and Kat.

[Kooper]

wedge: a piece of wood, metal etc that has one thick edge and one pointed edge and is used especially for keeping a door open or for splitting wood (quoted from a Longman dictionary)

The photos of a wedge:
1. to keep a door open: http://www.google.com.tw/imgres?imgurl= ... 66&bih=572
2. to split wood: http://www.google.com.tw/imgres?imgurl= ... vns&itbs=1

Another expression that has a similar meaning as "to drive a wedge between somebody" is "to alienate a person from someone."
Ex: His second wife was determined to alienate him from his two boys.

[Kooper]

loose end: a loose end is part of a story that has not yet been explained.
to tile up loose ends

ex1: There are some annoying loose ends in the plot.
ex2: At the end of the film all the loose ends are neatly tied up.

to give one's left nut for sth: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... left%20nut

balls: courage [informal not polite]
ex: I didn't have the balls to ask.
ex: You have to admit it - the woman's got balls!

be the bigger person: the person who is more mature than the opposite person, the person who makes more mature decisions.(from Urban dictionary)
Why Being the Bigger Person is Hard and 8 Ways that Help http://www.homeeverafter.com/why-being- ... n-is-hard/
How to Be the Bigger Person http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2009/12/how- ... er-person/
Be the Bigger person http://martialarts4u.wordpress.com/be-t ... er-person/

You are really something. = You are really a piece of work. = You are really a gem.