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GymBrain
User since 2011
Posts: 5

19 Aug. 2011

Is there anybody who know the meaning of :


You're the Man and/or Woman!


Thanks

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  • User since 2011
    Posts: 5

    19 Aug. 2011

    From GymBrain:
    Is there anybody who knows the meaning of :


    You're the Man and/or Woman!


    Thanks

     
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 253

    28 Aug. 2011

    Sorry dude,no real answer :
    if you are a man, you are a man
    If you are a woman, you are a woman,
    but, if someone asks you what you are, make up your mind and decide yourself and say : I am just what i want to be.
    Cheers
  • User since 2011
    Posts: 12

    28 Aug. 2011

    I think of :
    "You're the person"
    "You're the man (for this job) (for this situation) etc..."
    Or "You're the boss", depends of the context...
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 253

    29 Aug. 2011

    an other way to think about what we are...
    I am a girl so what does it means,
    so what one could say ?
    I am a person that's sure, and you too, that's sure.
    Cheers
    Vic.
  • User since 2009
    Posts: 613

    5 Sept. 2011

    and / or in humankind
    man or woman : he/she is a man or he/she is a woman (either or ?)
    man and woman : both, possible but very rare (this hermaphrodite athlete Caster Semenya. But why then he/she is running with women ?)
    neither man nor woman : an eunuch or a spirit ?
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 253

    16 Sept. 2011

    Caster Semenya ????
  • User since 2007
    Posts: 86

    20 Sept. 2011

    Hi GymBrain,


    'You're the man!' or 'You're the woman!' is a way of congratulating someone. It's the same as saying 'well done!', 'congratulations!' or 'you're excellent!'.


    I hope that helps!


    Helen
  • User since 2011
    Posts: 2

    3 Oct. 2011

    thankyou
  • User since 2009
    Posts: 613

    4 Oct. 2011

    Dear Luis Andrés Leon Avelar, could you , please, explain to me why you say thank you ? (as you don't appear so far in this topic :-) )

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