CHICAGO - Kendall County furniture store owner and "huge Bears fan" Randy Gonigam got tired of players bragging about their defense, so he decided to put his money where their mouths are. Over Labor Day weekend, Gonigam's World Furniture Mall in Plano offered customers free furniture — up to $10,000 — if the Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in their season opener. Four quarters, 206 customers and about $300,000 later, Gonigam is still a little shell-shocked.
2006-09-12 15:12:39 · 5 answers · asked by vivathecatdx 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Put your money where your mouth is means to offer money in exchange for good performance in this instance. The players were bragging that they were good; he said I will give you this much money if you really do a good job. His money was put up to cover their bragging.
A shut out means that they won and stopped the other team from winning at all.
Shell shocked means surprised; it cost him a lot of money.
2006-09-12 15:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put your money where your mouth is -
if you state something, then bet on it, if your really sure of something prove it and bet your life on it.
shut out -
basically stop, in the area of sport it would mean not to let the opposition score or not to score much
shellshocked -
in the world wars when people had a shell explode near them they would have a shock effect, they would have disillusionment, deafness, dizziness excetera. when someone is dumbfounded, speechless and incredibly shocked by something you call them shellshocked.
2006-09-12 15:22:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Put your money where your mouth is" - When people are all talk, we ask them to put money on the line to show they really believe what they say.
"shut out" - don't allow a score. It is sports terminology.
"shell-shocked" - this is taken from war situations. When many bomb shells have fallen on a village the people are left shocked, aka shell-shocked. Here, he was shocked by a "shell" of loses.
Good question, thanks for asking.
2006-09-12 16:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Put up $ (or something of value) to back up something you've said
2. Shut out means the other team doesn't score at all
3. Stunned
2006-09-12 15:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by I'm_Bored 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It skill:- in case your so confident then take a gamble and do it relatively of speaking approximately it. style of the comparable as: -you may talk the controversy yet are you able to stroll the stroll? Or:- Are you gonna be all mouth and no trousers?
2016-12-18 09:19:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋