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Oh dear.
Enrico wrote:
> I heard this in the "Sex and The City" TV series:
>
> Carrie: "I can't believe it's been so long. I've been meaning to call
> you. I've been..."
> Miranda: "*Fucking your brains out?*"
> Carrie: "No, that's the least of it. You know what, I don't think I've
> ever been *hit this hard* since... No, I won't compare it to anything
> else, because everything else has always ended."
>
> What does "fucking your brains out" mean here?
> Or is it just sexual slang or is it also a way of saying "you only
> mind your own business, you don't care for anybody else?".
Have a lot of sex.
> And "hit this hard"?
> Does that mean that Carrie is quite upset, because her new lover
> fascinated her like nobody else? Or is that sexual as well?
Affected. Totally in love. Out of this context it would more likely mean in
shock or very upset. Carrie is shocked how head over heels in love she
feels!
> Is there some word play in it?
No.
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