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dating on and off

English translation: dating intermittently

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English term or phrase:dating on and off
Selected answer:dating intermittently
Entered by: orientalhorizon

12:11 Dec 19, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: dating on and off
[Context:
They've been dating on and off for nearly a year now. Friends and acquaintances were making bets on just when the two would tie the knot.]

Does it mean they were with each other and then broke up, then went back together again. and so on..
Or what?

Thanks for any help.
Poj
Local time: 12:31
dating intermittently
Explanation:
Yes, you're right.
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orientalhorizon
Local time: 13:31
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6dating intermittently
orientalhorizon
3 +2yes, unstable relationships
Kirill Semenov


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
yes, unstable relationships


Explanation:
Their relationships were unstable, like meeting today, separating tomorrow, ad infinitum, so the friends started to bet on the final result. :)

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 08:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 118

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon
1 min
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: infrequently, but not necessarily unstable
23 mins
  -> `unstable' might be a wrong word, but the idea was that nobody knows how it ends, even the partners themselves, right?
agree  Alexandra Tussing
8 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
dating intermittently


Explanation:
Yes, you're right.

orientalhorizon
Local time: 13:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
23 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
40 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Alexandra Tussing
8 hrs
  -> thanks a lot!
agree  V_Nedkov
20 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  rchan
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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