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qualms

Date: Dec 29 2004

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I honestly have no qualms with it. I really like coming back.”
-Mandy Moore, talking about returning home after having been gone for 5 or 6 years.

Definition

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qualms are doubts or feelings that you are not doing the right thing

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When you have qualms about something, it means that something inside of you is telling you not to do something.
We can also say that we have feelings that the idea is not a good one. We have qualms before we do something.
Some people say you should listen to your feelings if you are having qualms about doing something. Others just go forth and do what they had planned.

Examples

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“I’m not sure I want to go to that party. I am having some serious qualms about it.”

””I’m not sure I want to go to that party. I am having some serious qualms about it.”
“My friend had qualms about going on vacation to Thailand. Now he’s stuck there and can’t get home. He should have listened to his gut instincts.”
“Okay. If nobody has any qualms about the plan, we will proceed.”
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“My friend had qualms about going on vacation to Thailand. Now he’s stuck there and can’t get home. He should have listened to his gut instincts.”

“Okay. If nobody has any qualms about the plan, we will proceed.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

Problems or difficulties with something. Or regrets…
by paola (tumaco, colombia)
anxiety
by stephanie (Xi’an, China)
Doubt or question.
by stephanie (Xi’an, China)
unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling of doubt
by Fernando (Hualqui, Chile)
Not sure.NOt saying it from heart.
by Chia-min (I -LAN, Taiwan)
feeling of being scared,being ashamed of oneselves behaviours
by qun (shenzhen, china)
It means worry or hesitation
by comet (hangzhou, China)
uneasinesses,misgivings
by alphonsia (tianjin, China)
I think it was most likely to mean some kinda of hezitation,don`t sure the things to do is right or wrong.
by Shirley (hangzhou, China)
no qualms about something means no feeling of doubt or uneasiness.
by lucia (hong kong)
an uncomfortable feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing
by cashisa (beijing, china)
I think “qualm” means without doult in one’s mind when someone do something.
by Michelle (Wide Goose, China)
It means to be slow to act, speak, or decide,hesitate.
by Emily (Qinhuangdao, China)
“qualms” means the feeling of doubt, esp about weather what one is doing is right, misgiving
by Sherry (shenzhen, China)
IT MEANS DOUBT
by grace (wuxi, china)
I have no problems with it. I have no doubt in coming back
by Claudia (Hualqui, Chile)
an uncomfortable feeling of doubt if you are or not doing the right thing!
by Shirley (São Paulo, Brazil)