2007-11-09 09:00:15 · 4 answers · asked by DM 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You go to a store to buy a product that was advertised at a sale price. The store has sold out of that item so they ask you if you want a "rain check". It is a piece of paper saying you can come back when they get more in and you can buy that item at the sale price.
2007-11-09 09:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by Frosty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I can't go out with you tonight, but I will take a rain check. The term originated at baseball games. When you buy a ticket, you get to keep the stub, and if the game is rained out, the "rain check" will get you in the make-up game free.
2007-11-09 17:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can also use the idiom when someone asks you to do something that you would like to do, but you are unable to do it.
"Do you want to go to the movies?"
"Oh, I can't today, but how about a rain check?"
2007-11-09 17:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by TC 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can we take a rain check on that cup of coffee?
It basically means to postpone something that has been pre-arranged
2007-11-09 17:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋