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I've never heard of picking up a room, but a lesbian couple I know (one of whom hasn't come out to her parents) always talk of having to straighten up the apartment whenever the parents come to visit.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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I tidy rooms (up). Spruce them up. Spring clean them, even. Pick up clutter, yes, but pick rooms up? No. Physical impossibility.
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binbags, garbage bags.. the big black ones are 'leaf bags' (you can't burn fallen foliage in most of US
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You can use the plastic bags for leaves? Heavens! Here they sell huge, heavy paper, biodegradable bags in supermarkets for the autumnal cleanups. If you put leaves out in plastic bags the Public Works men will not take them away.
Haven't smelled that wonderful autumn smell of burning leaves for many years. Ah, memories conjured.......
On another note - is the phrase "picking up" a person a US thing?
If a boy talks to a girl without being introduced in an effort to have her make a date with him or go for a cup of something he is trying to "pick her up."
In my day it was frowned on and telling your Mom a boy tried to "pick you up" was cause for concern! How times change!
Same thing in other places?
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The term may of course have originated in the US, but it's common enough in the UK. I don't think I've heard it described as an Americanism.
On a related note: surely only a fallen woman would need picking up?
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One of the greatest lines I ever heard in a bar:
"No, I'm not picking you up, I'm picking you out."
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Re: Greatest line ever: "I'm not picking you up, I'm picking you out."
In this case, you would say "I've very picky about whom I choose."
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