# English as a Satellite-Framed Language - Looking for Examples

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-as-a-satellite-framed-language-looking-for-examples/990960 "2023-10-01T16:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-as-a-satellite-framed-language-looking-for-examples/990960/6 "2023-10-02T08:49:26Z")

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> [@InternetLegend](#):
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> Teenagers famously eat their parents out of house and home.

> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> He _painted_ himself **into** a corner.

> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> [I Fucked My Way Into This Mess, And I'll Fuck My Way Out](https://www.theonion.com/i-fucked-my-way-into-this-mess-and-ill-fuck-my-way-out-1819584315)

Great examples, thanks. That’s exactly what I’m looking for.

In the meantime, I’ve found the post I was thinking of in this [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kouign-amann/985648) (bolding mine). Another perfect fit.

> [@Kouign-amann](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kouign-amann/985648/1):
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> Not watching the F1 GP, but tagging along with people who are so **I can eat Quebec into a famine** (not sorry) while people are distracted by the race.

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