English Reference

Idiom

sing soprano

Meaning

To suffer castration or an injury to the testicles.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He fell off his bike and says he will sing soprano for a week.”

“After taking a direct hit to the groin during the soccer match, he joked that he would be singing soprano for the rest of the day.”

“The unfortunate accident in the workshop left the carpenter clutching his knees and gasping that he would be singing soprano for the foreseeable future.”

Examples

simple

“He fell off his bike and says he will sing soprano for a week.”

contextual

“After taking a direct hit to the groin during the soccer match, he joked that he would be singing soprano for the rest of the day.”

complex

“The unfortunate accident in the workshop left the carpenter clutching his knees and gasping that he would be singing soprano for the foreseeable future.”

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