use the expression --- "We are looking at ---" They might say, "We are looking at 75 degrees today in this part of the country." Not wrong, just interesting and a "fad" expression.
2007-07-04 03:08:24 · 4 answers · asked by Bluebeard 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
After Watergate everything was "time frame". It was time frame this and time frame that for decades. You still hear it once in a while. Skill is in the combinations:
A good usage for a weather forecast would be " We are looking at a time frame of late tomorrow afternoon for the hurricane to make landfall along the Gulf coast..."
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Most of this is totally useless, like rolls of fat hanging like draperies off your hips. You could cut it out and be fine.
"Late tomorrow afternoon the hurricane will make landfall along the Gulf coast. The hurricane is eying New Orleans."
The eye of the hurricane is looking at eying New Orleans late tomorrow."
Here's looking at you, kid.
2007-07-04 03:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are confusing "looking at" with "looking forward to" something. If you pay attention to how some people speak and write, they sound like such idiots.
When my niece was in middle school, her English teacher, no less, sent home instructions for an essay assignment. It was undecipherable, with misspelled words, incomplete sentences, and poor punctuation. Even some of her word selection made one line seem to contradict another. My sister, parents, and I gave the teacher an "F" for her paper, and composed a paragraph telling the teacher that the essay would be completed shortly after my niece was provided with understandable instructions. Later the following day my sister received a call from a very embarrassed teacher, apologizing for her lack of clarity.
2007-07-04 09:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by sandyblondegirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have noticed that the "weather-people" seem to lack the ability to make their portion of the news "interesting". In fact, I almost hate to listen to some of them. They carry on and on and on saying absolutely nothing different that the audience cannot see for themselves. Good observation on your part.....smile
2007-07-04 03:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate when it's reported that someone is "eying" or "eyes" something..
"Mayor Johnson eyes more spending on RTD"
or
"Governor Taft eying road project"
2007-07-04 03:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by Bob Thompson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋