Indian Bank Robbery Joke And Tech Support Stereotype
B1 English hallásgyakorlat · Amerikai angol · középhaladó tanulók számára válogatva
What does “come in guns blazing” mean in American English?
Come in guns blazing is a common American English phrase from action movies and Western films. To do something “guns blazing” means you enter a place fast and loud, ready to fight. The image is a cowboy or police officer kicking open the door, both guns going off at once. Today people use the phrase even when there are no real guns: a boss who walks into a meeting “guns blazing” is just shouting and angry from the start.
In this stand-up clip, the comedian uses the phrase to start a bank-robbery story: “you need to come in there guns blazing.” It’s a quick way to say “be aggressive, like a cowboy in a movie.”
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- ▸In American Western and action films (True Grit, John Wick, Heat)
- ▸In American sports talk about a team that starts strong (Stephen A. Smith, Pat McAfee)
- ▸In American workplace talk about a boss who arrives angry
- ▸In American video-game streams (Twitch streamers describing aggressive play)
- ▸In American parents joking about kids running into a room