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Copyright said: Meaning that when the teacher was growing up, the expression "It's too rush" was probably common in his or her circles of ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Itistoorush Threadstarter EdisonBhola Startdate May18,2016 E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean Hiall,mysontoldmethatherschoolEnglishteacheralwayssays"itistoorush",forexample: Itistoorushtogettheprojectdonein2days. Don'ttrytofinishtheprojectthisweekbecauseit'stoorush. Sheevenwrotethatexpressionononeofmyson'shomework!Shouldn'titbe"rushed"?As"rush"isjustaverboranoun,notanadjective.Thisteacherisnotanativespeaker,butshemajoredinEnglishinaverywell-respecteduniversityinKoreaandevengotanMAinEnglishteachingfromtheUniversityofBathinUK.Idon'tknowwhattosay.   Copyright SeniorMember Penang AmericanEnglish IcertainlyhearditinHongKong...andalwaysconsidereditChinglish.Apparentlyit'saholdoverfromtheteacher'searlyusage...andrunningwithacrowdthatusestheexpression. Thereisanother,similar,expression:Itisworth.Meaningitisworthit.Samesortofproblem. WhatImightsay(meaningIwouldn'tuse"rush"or"rushed"atall.) Itistoolittletimetogettheprojectdonein2days. Twodaysisnotenoughtimetofinishtheproject. Don'ttrytofinishtheprojectthisweekbecausethat'stoolittletime. Don'ttrytofinishtheprojectthisweekbecausethat'snotenoughtime. For"rushed": Youressaydoesn'tmakemuchsense–perhapsyouweretoorushed.   E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean Copyrightsaid: IcertainlyhearditinHongKong...andalwaysconsidereditChinglish.Apparentlyit'saholdoverfromtheteacher'searlyusage...andrunningwithacrowdthatusestheexpression. Thereisanother,similar,expression:Itisworth.Meaningitisworthit.Samesortofproblem. WhatImightsay(meaningIwouldn'tuse"rush"or"rushed"atall.) Itistoolittletimetogettheprojectdonein2days. Twodaysisnotenoughtimetofinishtheproject. Don'ttrytofinishtheprojectthisweekbecausethat'stoolittletime. Don'ttrytofinishtheprojectthisweekbecausethat'snotenoughtime. For"rushed": Youressaydoesn'tmakemuchsense–perhapsyouweretoorushed. Clicktoexpand... Thanks.Idon'tgetthispart:Apparentlyit'saholdoverfromtheteacher'searlyusage   Copyright SeniorMember Penang AmericanEnglish Meaningthatwhentheteacherwasgrowingup,theexpression"It'stoorush"wasprobablycommoninhisorhercircleoffriends...orevenacrossthesociety.Andratherthanlosingthis–orlearningtoavoidit–theexpressionhasheldonintoadulthood,andresistededucation. Edit:Singularizing"circle"andchanging"resisting"to"resisted."   Lastedited:May19,2016 Andygc SeniorMember Devon BritishEnglish PossiblyitcamefromthenormalBEexpression"itwouldbe/itistoomuchofarushto..."   E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean Copyrightsaid: Meaningthatwhentheteacherwasgrowingup,theexpression"It'stoorush"wasprobablycommoninhisorhercirclesoffriends...orevenacrossthesociety.Andratherthanlosingthis–orlearningtoavoidit–theexpressionhasheldonintoadulthood,andresistingeducation. Clicktoexpand... Thankssomuch!   DaleTexas SeniorMember ElPaso,TX(raisedPA,exNewYorker) EnglishUSA If"holdover"waswhatyoudidn'tunderstandinCopyright'spostabove,here'sthedefinitionfromourWRdictionary: hold•o•ver/ˈhoʊldˌoʊvɚ/n.[countable] apersonorthingremainingfromaformerperiod   dojibear SeniorMember FresnoCA English(US-northeast) 1.Itistoorush. Myguessitmeanswhatthesecorrectsentencesmean: 2.Itistoobigarush. 3.Itistoomuchofarush. Sincetoo,toobigandtoomuchhavethesamemeaning,youngandintermediatestudentsprobablyusetheshortestone.Whentheyareadvancedstudents,theylearnthat1isnotallowedbut2and3areokay.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top