To spit someone a big is to do someone a favor. Try that one out on your boss! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of ““Spit Someone a Big” Idiom”
A little low-level slang for you, Martha.
Low-level?
Well, it’s safe.
Okay.
I’m going to spit you a big and tell you something.
Spit me a big.
Yeah, that’s it.
That’s the slang right there.
Spit you a big means to do you a big favor.
Okay, do me a big favor.
So if you spit somebody a big, you’re helping them out.
Okay.
Yeah, spit you a big.
I don’t know that I think of that as a favor.
It’s not?
No.
Like I said, it’s like very low-level slang.
You’re not using this language with your boss or the president or anybody like that, right?
No, no, no.
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