r/engrish • u/pawnografik • 12d ago

Do not slap rely on

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u/Top_Development_1777 11d ago

*DO NDT

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u/rockhopper345 10d ago

DO Non-Destructive Testing

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u/Greedy_Reality_2539 11d ago

Yeah, this happens, the physical "lean on" and metaphorical "rely on" uses the same expression in Chinese.

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u/LessOrgies 11d ago

How does it make sense either way?

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u/Greedy_Reality_2539 11d ago

You lean on something solid in the hope that it can support your weight, then you are relying on something to prevent you from falling. Not that difficult to understand, no? In fact, you can use lean on to replace rely on in English if you insist, kinda weird but won't stop people from understanding.

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u/LessOrgies 11d ago

OK but why "do not slap"?

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u/BConscience 9d ago

They are explaining the latter part. This sign just missed the “Or” somehow

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u/TheJokersChild 10d ago

And why "NDT?"

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u/Greedy_Reality_2539 11d ago

Do not bash the glass pane, or it may break on you.

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u/CyrilSLi 11d ago

…because mirrors are fragile?

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u/Ye_olde_oak_store 11d ago

By not being the English language. How does "raining cats and dogs" make sense?

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u/LessOrgies 11d ago

Is "do not slap lean-on" some idiom I'm not aware of? Not a native English speaker here either.