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What means "playing with forces beyond your ken" and "your ken can kiss my Barbie" I was watching The Big Bang Theory and then I saw theses phrases that I could not understand. In the context, Sheldon and Penny are fighting: Penny: Oh, no, are all the machines taken? What are you gonna do? Sheldon: No problem, I’ll just do my laundry another night. Penny: Another night? Well, I guess you can try, but deep inside your heart you’ll know that laundry night is always Saturday night. Sheldon: Woman, you are playing with forces beyond your ken. Penny: Yeah, well, your ken can kiss my Barbie.
8 de mai de 2020 15:49
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"playing with forces beyond your Ken" means "playing with forces beyond your knowledge", which means "you have no idea what/who you are dealing with". "your Ken can kiss my Barbie" is a witty play on words: Ken=knowledge but it is also Barbie's boyfriend: Ken. Penny is basically telling Sheldon to bring it, that she's not afraid of him. Hope this helps :)
8 de maio de 2020
Thank you all for the explanations!
10 de maio de 2020
Its a play on words, Ken has a different meaning in each of the sentences
9 de maio de 2020
'Kiss my Barbie" is also a deliberate word play on a ruder expression. See. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/kiss-my-ass
8 de maio de 2020
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