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Reply Sat 24 Jun, 2006 02:12 am
How to understand it.
For love of Mike,i don't except to meet you here?
The meaning is"But for mike,i don't want to meet you here"?Isn't it?
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Reply Sat 24 Jun, 2006 02:24 am
Re: help me !
nancycumt wrote:
How to understand it.
For love of Mike,i don't except expect to meet you here?
The meaning is"But for mike,i don't want to meet you here"?Isn't it?


"For the love of mike" is an expression of surprise and or frustation.

Look closely at the word "except" and at the correction I have placed in blue. Can you see the difference? Perhaps like me your typing gets mixed up.

Except means with the exclusion of..............
Expect means to look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of...
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Reply Sat 24 Jun, 2006 02:33 am
Thank you
Thanks for your answer.I have known the meaning.Thank you again!
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Reply Sat 24 Jun, 2006 07:41 am
At one point "for the love of Christ" was a pious ejaculation of exasperation.

Eventually, the expression was used so often for minor irritants that "for the love of Pete" was substituted.

"For the Love of Mike" was a BBC comedy program in the UK.
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