I'd Rather Not Have Her Cook.

[poom]

hi...

"I'D RATHER NOT HAVE HER COOK. "

is it mean I'd prefer dont eat her cook or sth else??

[Mamyalynne]

It means you don't like her cooking so you would prefer someone else to cook.

[naomi24]

Never heard of it.

[Mamyalynne]

Actually it could be used in another way.

You'd prefer she was allowed to do something else other than cook.

[naomi24]

I think this must be a proverb that originated outside the UK.

[Mamyalynne]

Poom is trying to understand phrases she comes across now and then.

[naomi24]

Right. I still think it originated outside the UK - so we can really only offer best guesses.

[Mamyalynne]

It may , but if I were to ordering a meal in a café and I could see two people waiting to cook and one was quite obviously dirty or similar, I may say (rudely but honestly) 'I'd rather not have her cook(my meal)' whilst gesturing to who I meant.

[Mamyalynne]

^ to be

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Poom, best I can do for this one.

[naomi24]

I think it's more likely to mean he doesn't find her attractive.

[kvalidir]

One of two things when you hear this said:-
1. I'd rather not have her cook- because she's a terrible cook and her food is awful.
2. I'd rather not have her cook, because she does so much already it would be nice for her to have a meal she does not have to make herself.

[poom]

so thanks guys...

... I think your guesses right...


thankssss... sooo thankssss...

[Mamyalynne]

Best wishes Poom.

[woofgang]

third option....an employer is talking about taking over someone else’s kitchen staff......says "well I will take the waiters but I’d rather not have her cook".

[bainbrig]

It's an Americanism. In UK English we might say "I'd rather she didn't cook,", or "I'd rather not have her cooking."

Not wrong, just not ordinarily used in Britain. But the way things are going with the 'standardisation' of our speech with American, it soon will be...

BillB