Need some insta-help on a gesture in english

[gaidensensei]

Trying to teach a person some general english idioms.

You know how someone might want to say "He got axed to death" but sometimes they'd imply it like this instead:

"He got.." and then make a slicing hand motion across the neck, along with the noise to it to symbolize "axed"?

What is this called? Doubt it's a hand gesture or something but I'm trying to find youtube examples from shows and can't think of any immediate ones. :\

Help!

 

[olds]

The motion across the neck has nothing to do with an axe. It's a knife.
And you might be confusing asked and axed. Blacks can't say asked. They say axed.

 

[Colt45]

slit throat?

 

[grrl]

I would call it a gesture. It's no different than, say, putting a finger to your lips to mean "be quiet" except you are using both some spoken language and a gesture.

 

[Gothgar]

The motion across the neck has nothing to do with an axe. It's a knife.
And you might be confusing asked and axed. Blacks can't say asked. They say axed.

😱:awe:

 

[MJinZ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gestures

 

[lxskllr]

He got "cut". I think that's pretty universal, though people from some countries might assume he got disappeared instead of just fired :^D

 

[schneiderguy]

Teach them to say "dat awesome dude got shanked" instead.

 

[Gothgar]

Teach them to say "dat awesome dude got shanked" instead.

rofl

 

[gaidensensei]

You guys rule. Another win for ATOT. :thumbsup:

 

[mcurphy]

Yeah, it has nothing to do with an axe, you probably aren't the best person for the job to be teaching someone hand gestures.

It is mimicking a knife slicing someone's throat, and it means "your dead" in a threatening way.

 

[zinfamous]

Yeah, it has nothing to do with an axe, you probably aren't the best person for the job to be teaching someone hand gestures.

It is mimicking a knife slicing someone's throat, and it means "your dead" in a threatening way.

yeah. you don't really do that to describe someone who was canned.


To gesture a caning, well, that's an entirely different gesture. Perhaps you should ask someone from Singapore?