lay off the OJ

English translation: orange juice

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English term or phrase:	OJ
Selected answer:	orange juice
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

21:37 Apr 6, 2003

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Food & Drink

English term or phrase: lay off the OJ

An article about asthma in women.

"Is It Asthma?

Plagued with frequent colds, coughs, or bronchitis? You may want to lay off the OJ and consult an MD?you could have asthma..."

It looks similar to "lay off the booze" - changed here to milder OJ. Anyway, do you know any other meaning of the phrase(s)?

Piotr Turski KudoZ activity Questions: 126 (none open) (6 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 189 Poland
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orange juice

Explanation:
In other words, this is not a cold, where orange juice is advisable (fluids and vitamin C). Consult an MD, (a doctor) instead.

Fuad

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Fuad Yahya

Grading comment

That's it! The common sense approach works best. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +16

orange juice

Fuad Yahya

4 +8

stop drinking so much orange juice

Kim Metzger

3 +1

oj as in orange juice

shiro (X)

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

stop drinking so much orange juice

Explanation:
OJ stands for orange juice in the US. I never knew OJ had anything to do with asthma, though.

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Note added at 2003-04-06 21:43:23 (GMT)
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There are a few foods which are permitted to contain sulphur dioxide and have been implicated in reports of asthma. These include some types of:
• fruit juice or drink;
• wine;
• dried tree fruit; and
• delicatessen meats.

http://www.anzfa.gov.au/mediareleasespublications/factsheets...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +16

orange juice

Explanation:
In other words, this is not a cold, where orange juice is advisable (fluids and vitamin C). Consult an MD, (a doctor) instead.

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

That's it! The common sense approach works best. Thank you.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

oj as in orange juice

Explanation:
a common abbreviation

shiro (X)
Japan
Local time: 01:02

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