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Anonymous
01-06-2005, 06:12 AM
What do you mean when someone says "that is rich" ? Is this an idiomatic expression?
Anonymous
01-06-2005, 11:09 PM
anyone? English is not my native language.
Rusty
01-07-2005, 06:52 AM
What do you mean when someone says "that is rich" ? Is this an idiomatic expression?

You can find the usual definitions/meanings for rich in dictionaries at http://www.onelook.com/?d=all_gen
The slang or idiomatic usage "That's rich" has an opposite meaning: ridiculous/absurd/highly amusing. It is spoken either lightly or caustically.