What's the need for "going" in "going and doing" here?
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[Bardamu and Robinson had expected money to come from this lady before
she hanged herself.]
"But can you beat that fellow's mother going and doing a thing like
that? And I'm damned if she doesn't go and hang herself the very day I
get back, strike me pink if she doesn't!"
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Journey to the End of the Night, p. 107
Tr. by John H.P. Marks
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Thanks.
>Hello:
>
>What's the need for "going" in "going and doing" here?
>
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/go-and#go-and__1
go and...
informal
used to express disapproval of something that is done
He's gone and lost (= He has lost) that wallet I gave him for his
birthday.
Mike's really gone and done it now - he'll be in terrible trouble
for breaking that window.
There is an even more emphatic form: "been and gone and ...":
Someone has done something silly:
Now look what he's been and gone and done.
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>[Bardamu and Robinson had expected money to come from this lady before
>she hanged herself.]
>
>"But can you beat that fellow's mother going and doing a thing like
>that? And I'm damned if she doesn't go and hang herself the very day I
>get back, strike me pink if she doesn't!"
>
>Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Journey to the End of the Night, p. 107
>Tr. by John H.P. Marks
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Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
> >What's the need for "going" in "going and doing" here?
>
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/go-and#go-and__1
>
> go and...
> informal
> used to express disapproval of something that is done
>
> He's gone and lost (= He has lost) that wallet I gave him for his
> birthday.
>
> Mike's really gone and done it now - he'll be in terrible trouble
> for breaking that window.
>
> There is an even more emphatic form: "been and gone and ...":
>
> Someone has done something silly:
>
> Now look what he's been and gone and done.
>
> >---
> >[Bardamu and Robinson had expected money to come from this lady before
> >she hanged herself.]
>
> >"But can you beat that fellow's mother going and doing a thing like
> >that? And I'm damned if she doesn't go and hang herself the very day I
> >get back, strike me pink if she doesn't!"
I didn't quite expect this.
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
>On Sun, 16 May 2010 04:50:23 -0700 (PDT), Marius Hancu
><marius...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hello:
>>
>>What's the need for "going" in "going and doing" here?
>>
>
>http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/go-and#go-and__1
>
> go and...
> informal
> used to express disapproval of something that is done
>
> He's gone and lost (= He has lost) that wallet I gave him for his
> birthday.
>
> Mike's really gone and done it now - he'll be in terrible trouble
> for breaking that window.
>
>There is an even more emphatic form: "been and gone and ...":
>
>Someone has done something silly:
>
> Now look what he's been and gone and done.
>
From Longman's Dictionary of Idioms:
"have been and gone and" coll. to have done something, especially
something unwise, unnecessary, disapproved of, etc.: "he has been
and gone and opened another bottle of wine when we still have one
that is half full". Often shortened to "been and" or "gone and".
Marius, you might like to note that this is a slightly different "go and
..." from the regular BrE usage, which is simply an equivalent of "go
to...". For example, "let's go and have a drink" does not have the "been and
gone and done it" connotations which Peter illustrates in his post.
Also note that the "go + bare infinitive" - as in "go figure" - is not
regular BrE usage.
Regards
Jonathan
> >> >What's the need for "going" in "going and doing" here?
>
> >>http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/go-and#go-and__1
>
> > I didn't quite expect this.
>
> Marius, you might like to note that this is a slightly different "go and
> ..." from the regular BrE usage, which is simply an equivalent of "go
> to...". For example, "let's go and have a drink" does not have the "been and
> gone and done it" connotations which Peter illustrates in his post.
>
> Also note that the "go + bare infinitive" - as in "go figure" - is not
> regular BrE usage.
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Common in aue in the form "Now you've gone and wook up X" (name omitted to
avoid wooking any of them up).
Katy