aluminium tube

English translation: the plane

14:52 Sep 21, 2020
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English term or phrase: aluminium tube
People seem to have this don't-care attitude. they don't apply the same rules on the ground as what they do in the air. I always wondered why,
because that aluminium tube is very restrictive.

An air hostess talking about the people manners on the planes.

What "aluminium tube" stands for in this context?


Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 00:50
Selected answer:the plane
Explanation:
think she must be joking about it by calling it an "aluminium tube" as the plane is restrictive to movements

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"People {...] don't apply the same rules on the ground as what they do in the air

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2020-09-22 18:48:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 04:50
Grading comment
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4 +8the plane
Yvonne Gallagher


  

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the plane


Explanation:
think she must be joking about it by calling it an "aluminium tube" as the plane is restrictive to movements

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Note added at 6 mins (2020-09-21 14:58:36 GMT)
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"People {...] don't apply the same rules on the ground as what they do in the air

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2020-09-22 18:48:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 04:50
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PRO pts in category: 651
Grading comment
Thank you.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emmanuella
1 min
  -> Many thanks:-)

agree  Astrid Fiess
3 mins
  -> Many thanks:-)

agree  Charlotte Fleming
6 mins
  -> Many thanks:-)

agree  Kiet Bach: It is quite obvious. Airplanes are made of aluminium (aluminum).
32 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Anastasia Andriani
37 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Tony M: Yes, the fuselage of a plane looks like a tube, and is made of an aluminium alloy. If this is still a period piece, then in those days they are even very often silver-coloured too, as the modern habit of painting them was not widespread in the early days.
44 mins
  -> Thanks!, yes, the fuselage looks like a tube

agree  Reuben Wright
53 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Sajad Neisi
22 hrs
  -> Thanks:-)
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