Help me understand the phrase, pls
The Fab Five (guys from the show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") are everywhere. My wife and I joke that when the dolls hit the shelves, their fifteen minutes of fame are over.
What does the author mean in this part? He just said that these guys are popular and then "these dolls hit the shelves" and it's over?
Does he call the Fab Five "the dolls" or it's just some expression I don't know?
Re: Help me understand the phrase, pls
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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
The Fab Five (guys from the show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") are everywhere. My wife and I joke that when the dolls hit the shelves, their fifteen minutes of fame are over.
What does the author mean in this part? He just said that these guys are popular and then "these dolls hit the shelves" and it's over?
Does he call the Fab Five "the dolls" or it's just some expression I don't know?
I've never even heard of the phrase, "when the dolls hit the shelves"... so this is a new one for me. :lol:
This phrase was from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"?? Strange... and I don't think the phrase is being used commonly in American English. (For Americans... is this show still on television in America??)
Maybe the phrase is a a regional, or city, or 'social group' colloquial phrase. It's not a common phrase, and I dare say most Americans wouldn't understand the metaphor.
Re: Help me understand the phrase, pls
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Originally Posted by Dobry
This phrase was from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"?? Strange... and I don't think the phrase is being used commonly in American English. (For Americans... is this show still on television in America??)
No,no! That phrase is from the book on communication and the author is 100% American. He mentioned the show to prove that the look (image) is important and we all should be well-groomed. So he kinda approves the show. That's why I couldn't understand that U-turn to the part "their fifteen minutes of fame are over".
BTW, thanks, guys, especially those who said they don't understand that phrase either. I don't feel so stupid anymore. LOL
But the worst part that I need to translate it anyway. :(
Re: Help me understand the phrase, pls
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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
The Fab Five (guys from the show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") are everywhere. My wife and I joke that when the dolls hit the shelves, their fifteen minutes of fame are over.
What does the author mean in this part? He just said that these guys are popular and then "these dolls hit the shelves" and it's over?
Does he call the Fab Five "the dolls" or it's just some expression I don't know?
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_boar ... s/404.html
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I think it's a British expression.
Posted by ESC on November 23, 2005 at 01:49:30:
In Reply to: when the dolls hit the shelves posted by mm on November 22, 2005 at 13:55:17:
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: when the dolls hit the shelves
: When commenting on the popularity of some celebrities, someone says that,
: "When the dolls hit the shelves, their fifteen minutes of fame are over."
: What does this sentence mean?
"Celebrity dolls" like these: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=13816
When an entertainer, or whatever, is so popular that he or she gets a celebrity doll, there will be a backlash. People will get tired of seeing that person and go on to the next big thing.
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Celebrity dolls