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Oct 21, 2020 22:02
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English term

eating them beans

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters eating them beans
This means that we'll just have to tighten our belt another notch, mate. And just continue eating them beautiful baked beans.

ٍSomeone talking about Covid impact on his business, is this sentence correct, "eating them…"? Not really sure of the source. What could it means if it is correct?

The material is Australian.

Thanks in advance,
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4 +4 slang
4 +4 those (nonstandard)

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slang

The only thing we can afford to eat is baked beans.
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway : always makes me think of Blazing Saddles
1 hr
Heinz baked beans are good for the heart: the more you eat them, the more you... like 'em. (Sorry, 'tis late. :-) )
agree Tony M
4 hrs
agree Daryo : or just "spending as little as possible"? They might not be literally eating these "beautiful baked beans"?
10 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot."
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10 mins

those (nonstandard)

It is a way of saying "those in some dialects or slangs.

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Note added at 11 mins (2020-10-21 22:14:34 GMT)
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eating those beans
Example sentence:

Stop takin them pills

Talk to them boys

Reference:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/them

Peer comment(s):
agree Kristopher Brame
1 hr
Thank you, Kristopher!
agree Tony M : Suggested informal use corresponding also to the use of 'mate'.
4 hrs
Thank you, Tony!
agree Anastasia Andriani
4 hrs
Thank you, Anastasia!
neutral writeaway : it's English as spoken by them what ain't got a whole lot of education and don't speak none too good.
5 hrs
might be. I just wrote what the standard form is. he just asked what it means.
agree philgoddard : I'm sure the asker knows what 'eating" and "beans" means, and was asking about "them". I disagree with Lara.
7 hrs
Thank you, Phil!
neutral Daryo : that explains only the "them" part, but not he whole of "just continue eating .... baked beans", nor the irony /mockery in "beautiful" ...
10 hrs
disagree Lara Barnett : I don't think this is the reason "them" is used. As Daryo says, in the context of the phrase it is used to suggest a kind of ironic attitude, and has nothing to do with dialiect.
12 hrs
Hello, what I answered him was this question: "is this sentence correct, 'eating them…'?"..."What could it means if it is correct?" -> eating those beans
agree Yvonne Gallagher : to counter the unwarranted disagree
1 day 17 hrs
Thank you, Yvonne!
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