The following lines are taken from act 1, scene 1. Explain what each underlined colloquialism means in each sentence. You do not need complete sentences for your explanations.
Travis: Gaaaleee! I don’t ask her, she just gimme it sometimes!
Ruth: Aw gaaaaalleeeee, Mama! … Get on out of here or you going to be late.
Travis: Whoopee–
Walter: … This ain’t no fly-by-night proposition, baby. I mean we figured it out, me and Willy and Bobo.
Walter: You a horrible-looking chick at this hour.
- Gaaaleee: An exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief.
- gimme: Contraction of "give me", meaning to provide or hand over something.
- Aw gaaaaalleeeee: An exclamation expressing surprise or exasperation.
- fly-by-night: Describing something or someone who is unreliable or not trustworthy.
- proposition: A plan or proposal.