does drift mean wind?
2007-11-17 16:44:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It means, follow my train of thought, or understand the direction my thoughts are leading you. Usually expressed as a conditional, as in "if you catch my drift..." to see if you're keeping up with the tour group (if you catch my drift.) Experience has shown that this phrase, and its close relatives, are used most often by stupid and/or contemptuous people who find it hard to believe that mere You can follow the dazzling intricacies of their logic. If you catch my drift, if you know what I'm saying, if you see what I mean. "
from http://www.phrases.org.uk/.../2440.html
And someone tried to extend it further in this post on the same site
"It's very unlikely that anyone could find out who said it first. The phrase uses this meaning of "drift": "General meaning or purport; tenor" (American Heritage Dictionary, 1969, sense 5b of "drift" as a noun; by the way, sense 5a is "A trend or general bearing; direction," and from that we can see how "drift" came to mean the meaning that a speaker is aiming at).
The earliest quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of "drift" is dated 1526: "Harde it is . . . to perceyue the processe and dryfte of this treatyse.""
located at http://www.phrases.org.uk/.../274.html
Doing a bit more digging reveals this:
"if you catch/get my drift (informal, informal)
something that you say to suggest that you have left out information or your opinion from what you have just told someone. 'She always has to be the centre of attention, if you catch my drift.'
2007-11-17 16:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catch My Drift
2016-10-07 02:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What does "you catch my drift" mean?
does drift mean wind?
2015-08-07 00:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Farrel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means do you understand what I mean, where I am coming from, what I am saying, my attitude.
you catch = you understand
my drift = meaning,
2007-11-17 16:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you're supposed to take it literally. It's another phrase for "Understand?"
2007-11-17 16:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by The Glorious S.O.B. 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You get it?
Do you understand?
Get what I'm saying?
Are you picking up what I am putting down?
Capeesh?
Comprende?
:)
2007-11-17 16:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by cheerycherrychic 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
its means..."do you know what I mean?"
" you get it?"
" are we on the same page?"
like that...
2007-11-17 16:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yeah what she said!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-17 16:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by alexia's mommy 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋