![]() ![]() dre‘s been there done that came out in 1997 (the same year as krakauer’s into thin air,). jon krakauer(left) is played by michael kelly (right) in everest Īnd the sense of accomplishment (reaching an objective) described at 1:23 in this trailer sounds similar to what egan asked nearly twenty years ago a few more days, for the rest of your life you’ll be a guy that got to the top of everestĭr. The movie everest is not a direct adaptation of into thin air, but it is based on the same ill-fated (finished bad) expedition. one of the characters in the movie is jon krakauer. nevertheless , a year later his popular book into thin air was published. The article reported that krakauer did not plan to write a book about the disastrous experience he and other climbers went through. egan asked would not love to point to a picture of the 29,028-foot roof of the planet and utter the words that originated in mountaineering: been there, done that The same month in the same newspaper this article by timothy egan about author jon krakauer‘s experience climbing mount everest in 1996 claimed been there done that is a mountain climbing term. fun efl practice richyrocks english on youtube when asked how the song applied to the social environment at the end of the 80s, stills replied “ same old same old“, i.e. Stills is the author of for what it’s worth, a song released in 1967 that was inspired by social protests of the day. stephen stills and neil young as members of buffalo springfield (henry diltz/corbis) the two idioms are alike, but they are not interchangeable. safire included an example from a 1988 rolling stone interview with stephen stills. Safire also observed that been there done that was competing with an existing expression, same old same old, which indicates boredom from repetition. The extreme sports dudes never actually say been there done that but the first line is “done that” and the third line is “been there”. This opinion by william safire published in the new york times in may of 1996 verifies that the phrase went viral as a result of this commercial for diet mountain dew william safire: write speeches for presidents? been there, done that In other words, when fiorina was fired from hewlett-packard in 2005, steve jobs could empathize (understand her feelings) because he was fired from apple. steve jobs told me that when he called me the day I was fired to say, hey, been there, done that twice. ![]() when u challenge the status quo, u make enemies. i have been very honest about this from the day it happened. Republican presidential hopeful carly fiorina used the expression in last night’s debate on cnn. carly fiorina in last night’s debate (mark j. pitbull is telling his fans that he is famliar with tough times. it’s used to convey that an experience is not new and perhaps even boring. listen to pitbull’s dedication at 3:55… this is for everybody going through tough times believe me, been there, done thatīeen there done that is a reduction of the present perfect i have been there (and) i have done that . Pitbull‘s song with ne-yo, time of our liveshas been incredibly effective when i’ve used it in class this year. ![]()
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