sew buttons | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,humorous,slightlydated)Used in response to someone asking "so?"2018, Lisa Super, chapter 13, inSo Glad to Meet You:“Ah. So?”“Sew buttons.”“What was it like? I don't know.2016, Rita Lakin,Getting Old is Criminal:“That's what my mother used to say when we kept saying 'so.'” At Jack's puzzled look I bat my hand at him. “Don't bother trying to get it. It's a non sequitur.” “Oh. So.Sew buttons. I get it.”2012, Wendy Wunder,The Probability of Miracles, Penguin Random House Children's UK:“So.”“Sew buttons.”That phrase always made Cam laugh. Her grandmother was the only one who still used it because she was probably the only person who still actually sewed buttons.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seesew,‎button.

Examples:

EN: What would you men do if there were no women around to sew buttons on?
ES: ¿Qué haríais si no hubiera mujeres que os cosieran los botones?
EN: It's been off for ages. She won't sew buttons, she said.
ES: Falta desde hace siglos, Ella no cose botones, eso dice,
EN: Then can you tell me why they sew buttons on flies?
ES: Entonces pueden decirme, ¿Por qué les cosen botones a las moscas?
EN: Who'd sew buttons there?
ES: ¿Quién iba a poner botones allí?
ID: Siapa yang menjahit kancing di sana?
EN: Don't you have to get back and sew buttons on?
ES: ¿No tienes que volver y coser unos botones?
EN: And I'll let you sew buttons into my eyes.
ES: Y dejaré que cosas botones en mis ojos.
ID: Dan akan kuijinkan kau menjahit kancing itu dimataku
EN: Brought in an expert to sew buttons on dolls?
ES: Aigoo... ¿Trajeron a un experto para coser botones en muñecas?
EN: If you sew buttons, you can thread a detonator.
ES: Si coséis botones, podéis hacer un detonador.
EN: Do you have to sew buttons over my eyes?
ES: ¿Tienen que coserme botones en los ojos?
ID: Apa kau harus memasang kancing baju di mataku?
EN: Hey... have you seen a box where we stored the thread to sew buttons?
ES: Oye ... ¿has visto una caja donde almacenamos el hilo para coser botones?
EN: Have you seen a box where we kept the thread to sew buttons?
ES: Have you seen a box where we kept the thread to sew buttons?
EN: -I'm no seamstress, but I can sew buttons.
ES: -No soy costurera, pero sé coser botones.
EN: Tina on the other hand couldn't sew buttons.
HI: थानेदाय औॊ बूल नहीं सऔता।
EN: Traditionally, girls used to sew buttons on their own uniforms.
ID: Jadi sudah tradisi untuk para gadis agar bisa menjahit bajunya sendiri.
EN: Don't you have anyone to sew buttons for you?
ID: Apa tidak ada seorangpun yang menjahitkanmu kancing?

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