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"Give her folk uphill!"....what does that mean?

ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674
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In Rayn's Description: "With all the sass of a soon-to-be teenager, Rayn is bound to give her folk uphill!"

 

What does that mean?

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,096
    edited September 2015

    I threw a fork downhill once...

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416

    I'm guessing it means trouble.. must be a South African dialextual thing,

  • Jonathan BJonathan B Posts: 114
    edited September 2015
    Fisty said:

    I'm guessing it means trouble.. must be a South African dialextual thing,

    At least one online thesaurus lists "uphill" as a synonym for trouble in South African english and the vendor is from South Africa, so I would concur with Fisty that "give her folk uphill" is probably similar to "give her parents trouble".

    http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/uphill#uphill_1 (example given "This job has been a real uphill")

    Post edited by Jonathan B on
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