Friday, March 4, 2011
quicko: flat out
Do we use this too? I have a sneaking suspicion we might, but I think maybe it's more common in Australia. It just means really busy -- "Sorry, as great as free tickets to a 3-day dramatic reading of Moby Dick sound, I'm afraid I'm just flat out at the moment."
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I think we use it with another word attached, like flat out broke or flat out tired, but not plain old flat out.
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