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Is this phrase common in English? Am I look dashing? (I heard this phrase in American Drama.)
2018年5月22日 10:25
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"Am I look dashing?" isn't correct. You did not hear it correctly. "Am I looking dashing?" is possible. "Do I look dashing?" is also possible, and more likely. Neither is a common phrase. Both are natural phrases. Someone might say "Am I looking elegant?" "Do I look spiffy?" "Am I looking magnificent?" You can use any word that means "well dressed." In the phrase "Am I looking __________ " you can''t guess what word fills the blank. "Dashing" is an interesting word choice. It means looking very fashionable and elegant. It is a light-hearted, joking thing to say. It suggests that it is surprising or unusual for the person to look that way. Imagine a high school student going to the "prom" (a fancy dance at the end of senior year). He does not own a tuxedo (fancy suit). He rents a tuxedo. He puts it on. His mother might say, "My, don't you look dashing!" It both a compliment and a joke. It means "you don't usually wear that kind of suit" and "you look very well-dressed in that suit." Similarly, a person who had just dressed up in something new and unusually fashionable might say to someone "Do I look dashing?" or "Am I looking dashing?" It is a "rhetorical question." He is expressing false doubt. He knows he looks good.
2018年5月22日
Again, I am almost certain that you did not hear that correctly. Which drama did you hear this on? And which character said it? Can you give any context?
2018年5月22日
The phrase is 'Do I look dashing?' It is not an everyday expression. When do you think it is used? What does dashing mean in this case?
2018年5月22日
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