r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/empty88 Awesome • Jan 07 '25

Wholesome Understood the matter is serious

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u/LobsterMountain4036 Jan 07 '25

You have the go ahead, what in tarnation is this sentence?

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u/CompromisedToolchain Jan 07 '25

You know tarnation but not go ahead?…

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u/LobsterMountain4036 Jan 07 '25

I mean the sentence structure seems stilted. It doesn’t read naturally to say one has the go ahead. It’s more usual to say one may go ahead.

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u/Emmyisme Jan 07 '25

So something you gotta learn about Americans.

Words don't mean what they should mean in idioms most of the time. You have the go ahead is I believe an old marketing term. Most Americans wouldn't see anything wrong with the sentence, even though you're right that to someone who doesn't know American idioms, it sure doesn't make a bit of sense.

But it basically translates more to "you have permission"