throwing me off
Throw Me the Statue
A great indie-pop band from Seattle. They don't really have any bad songs. Their best album is by far Creaturesque. Good to listen to if you're feeling down and need something to pick you up.
throw me the oop
throw me a bone
"give me a break"/ "give me a hint", Give me a chance. Comes from English lexicon refering to a hungry dog wanting help.
Example:
From popular series:
Phoebe
- This is probable just a crush.
Joey
- You think?
Phoebe
- Absolutely!
Joey
- Yeah.. It's a crush! I'm Joey. I don't get deep feelings.
Phoebe
- There you go... Yea, crushes happen all the time. I know. I had them for all you guys. Except for Ross and Chandler. And I'm sure you've had them for us.
Joey
- Not really.
Phoebe
- (in a quiet voice) ... throw me a bone here.
From popular series:
Phoebe
- This is probable just a crush.
Joey
- You think?
Phoebe
- Absolutely!
Joey
- Yeah.. It's a crush! I'm Joey. I don't get deep feelings.
Phoebe
- There you go... Yea, crushes happen all the time. I know. I had them for all you guys. Except for Ross and Chandler. And I'm sure you've had them for us.
Joey
- Not really.
Phoebe
- (in a quiet voice) ... throw me a bone here.
throw me a lob
Throw me in the cement
throw me the oop
'Throw me an oop' is an abbreviation of alley-oop, an alley-oop is a high pass or transfer given to a leaping teammate or team player who tries to dunk before touching the ground; a basketball term used to codify that you are asking your fellow friend to highly regard you to a person of their liking before they get shot down by asking on their own.
Throw me a bone
Example:
Trevor J lost so much money gambling and texted his bookie “throw me a bone”. His bookie felt bad and threw him a bone giving him free play allowing him to have an opportunity to win his money back.
Trevor J lost so much money gambling and texted his bookie “throw me a bone”. His bookie felt bad and threw him a bone giving him free play allowing him to have an opportunity to win his money back.