It’s a lift if the taxi driver offers to bring ya for free and a ride if you have no money on ya.
Is she petrol or diesel?
It’s a “ride” where I’m from, so I have to make an effort to remember to call it a “lift” here.
Same is true for the other type of lift, but at least forgetting and calling that an “elevator” by mistake is less likely to result in a really awkward misunderstanding and/or a beating…
It’s a lift. We all know a ride is something else altogether. Also remember my grandad years ago in Limerick as we passed a car that had advertising on it. He was pure disgusted. “look at that fucken’ circus of a car”.
I learnt English from watching American shows. The first time I said I needed a ride was a long life time lesson. Stayed here another decade, so won’t complain.
Clearly it’s s lift, unless you’re having sex in the car. Then it’s a ride.
It’s a taxi
“Cmon we grab a taxi”
“Let’s get a taxi”
Your mom’s a ride
It’s a taxi… Lift is something you get from your mate with a car. Ride is an exchange of bodily fluids.
Hold onto your underpants for this one…….taxi.
If free, then it’s a lift. If you have to pay, it’s a ride. I did, one New Year’s morning years ago, get a lift from a Dublin taxi driver. He dropped me home, refusing payment, saying he was on his way home and felt sorry for me as it was brutally cold, and I was walking like a sober person!
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It’s a lift if the taxi driver offers to bring ya for free and a ride if you have no money on ya.
Is she petrol or diesel?
It’s a “ride” where I’m from, so I have to make an effort to remember to call it a “lift” here.
Same is true for the other type of lift, but at least forgetting and calling that an “elevator” by mistake is less likely to result in a really awkward misunderstanding and/or a beating…
It’s a lift. We all know a ride is something else altogether. Also remember my grandad years ago in Limerick as we passed a car that had advertising on it. He was pure disgusted. “look at that fucken’ circus of a car”.
I learnt English from watching American shows. The first time I said I needed a ride was a long life time lesson. Stayed here another decade, so won’t complain.
Clearly it’s s lift, unless you’re having sex in the car. Then it’s a ride.
It’s a taxi
“Cmon we grab a taxi”
“Let’s get a taxi”
Your mom’s a ride
It’s a taxi… Lift is something you get from your mate with a car. Ride is an exchange of bodily fluids.
Hold onto your underpants for this one…….taxi.
If free, then it’s a lift. If you have to pay, it’s a ride. I did, one New Year’s morning years ago, get a lift from a Dublin taxi driver. He dropped me home, refusing payment, saying he was on his way home and felt sorry for me as it was brutally cold, and I was walking like a sober person!