Co znaczy "Heart beat away"?

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Gość: sisi Re: Co znaczy 'Heart beat away'? IP: *.bydgoszcz.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl 10.11.02, 15:54

I feel it means very very close (as close as to hear one's heartbeat).
- Gość: Wojtek Re: Co znaczy 'Heart beat away'? IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 10.11.02, 16:29
  
  I think it means 'wildly'... but accept the possibility of being wrong.
  - Gość: kingfish Very close IP: *.dyn.optonline.net 10.11.02, 17:23
    
    It means very close.
    It can also be used for describing something very fast:
    I will be there in a heart beat.
    - Gość: sisi Re: Very close - to kingfish IP: *.bydgoszcz.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl 10.11.02, 17:31
      
      what about the AWAY bit?
      Can you say I'll be back in a heart beat ;-))? (or can you???!)
      - Gość: Kingfish Re: Very close - to kingfish IP: *.dyn.optonline.net 10.11.02, 19:21
        
        Gość portalu: sisi napisał(a):
        
        > what about the AWAY bit?
        
        Away means not here. So if you combine, “Heart Beat” with “Away”, you get Away
        but not far from here, easily accessible, capable of appearing instantly,
        close.
        
        > Can you say I'll be back in a heart beat ;-))? (or can you???!)
        
        Yes you can. In fact, your example is a very common use of this expression.
      - Gość: Kingfish ps IP: *.dyn.optonline.net 10.11.02, 19:36
        
        But how would you use it is another story.
        Leaving for lunch you wouldn’t say: I will be back in a heart beat. You would
        say: I will be right back, or will be back shortly.
        
        There is an emotional connotation to this expression that conveys/indicates a
        willingness of going there or coming back.
        
        Example:
        Would you go back to see this movie again, if I could get you a ticket? I would
        go back in a heart beat!
        This instantly indicates that you liked the movie in the first place.
Gość: mgr Wypych Re: Co znaczy 'Heart beat away'? IP: *.nyc.rr.com 10.11.02, 18:33

Vicepresident is a heart beat away from becoming a president.
It means that Mr Cheney becomes the president in case of Mr Bush death.
The heart beat reffers to the one which will not take place.
- Gość: Jadwiga Borsuk Re: Co znaczy 'Heart beat away'? IP: *.poznan.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl 10.11.02, 19:26
  
  Considering Dick Cheney's history of heart trouble I find the idea quite
  ironic. A classic ploy on Bush's part, a bit like his Dad choosing a supremely
  stupid manlike Dan Quayle as vice pres. The best way not to get assassinated..
  - Gość: mgr Wypych Re: Co znaczy 'Heart beat away'? IP: *.nyc.rr.com 10.11.02, 21:28
    
    Very interesting.We have a stupid president now. His dad made stupid man a
    vicepresident. He was fairly stupid himself. His predecessor was an idiot.
    Befote that we had two stupid men as 37th and 38th presidents. And the one
    elected in 1952 was a military man so he was stupid too.
    The only smart presidents in a post war era were Truman, Kennedy, Carter and
    certainly Clinton. America has been cursed.
    
    Isn't it amazing this country survives?

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