Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
under my desk
English answer:
he secretly touched me with his feet / legs / hands under my desk
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English term
under my desk
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under my desk
I was working back, typing up his personal letters and he got romantic under my desk.
It is taken from East West 101 series S01E05. A secretary talking about her relationship with her boss, which was a victim of a murder. Does she mean that he started to touch her literally?
Thanks in advance,
It is taken from East West 101 series S01E05. A secretary talking about her relationship with her boss, which was a victim of a murder. Does she mean that he started to touch her literally?
Thanks in advance,
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Althea Draper
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English term (edited):
he got romantic under my desk
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he secretly touched me with his feet / legs / hands under my desk
He was secretly touching her with his feet/legs/hands under her desk while she was typing his letters - what might be called playing footsie if it's consensual or sexual harassment if it is not consensual.
"Definition of play footsie
informal
1: to secretly touch another person's foot with one's own foot as a way of showing sexual attraction
He was playing footsie with her under the dining room table."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play footsie
"Definition of play footsie
informal
1: to secretly touch another person's foot with one's own foot as a way of showing sexual attraction
He was playing footsie with her under the dining room table."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play footsie
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got physically under my desk
got under the desk where I was sitting and touched, kissed the lower part of my body
Peer comment(s):
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José Patrício
: What I think is that she was in love with her boss and had an impulse to show her feelings.
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Thank you!
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David Hollywood
: doesn't read well in English...your explanation is ok
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Daryo
: not necessarily that way
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Without going into the series and episode might be more than "footsies" but at any rate there was some degree of inappropriate physical contact under the desk.
Maybe see if you can locate the source and it will become apparent.
Maybe see if you can locate the source and it will become apparent.
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