It's a groaner

English translation: It's a question that I get so often that it makes me groan

07:21 Jun 7, 2008

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Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)

English term or phrase: It's a groaner

The text is part of an interview to a photographer. Q: "Shooting beautiful women with Africa as a backdrop and beautiful beasts as props could be considered something of a cheap shot, don't you think?"
A: "I get that all the time."
Q: "And how do you answer?"
A: "It's a groaner. I just groan. I feel that as a by now quite accomplished parasite on subject matter, I can do both—extreme beauty is extreme beauty"

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
adriana

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Selected answer:It's a question that I get so often that it makes me groan

Explanation:
It's an annoyance. He just groans in response. He is an artist, a photographer. He gets the question so often that he doesn't even bother answering it. It's a groaner means it's something that provokes a groan, an expression of annoyance and impatience.

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Erin DeBell
United States
Local time: 09:49

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Thank very much Krendall and everybody else who took their time to reply!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +6

It's a question that I get so often that it makes me groan

Erin DeBell

4 +3

it's stale, corny

Cagdas Karatas

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peer agreement (net): +6

it\'s a groaner

It's a question that I get so often that it makes me groan

Erin DeBell
United States
Local time: 09:49
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English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank very much Krendall and everybody else who took their time to reply!

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

it's a groaner it's stale, corny

Explanation:
banal

Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of: Turkish

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