A: Please, don't be mad.
B: What did you do?
A: So, you know how I was supposed to take john and tom to get a pet fish.
B: Yes, I swear god, if you bring home anything other than aquatic animal, I am going to shoot you.
I want to know the meaning of the sentence 'you know how I was supposed to take john and tom to get a pet fish.'
Please, tell me the right meaning of the sentence.
Best Answer
The speaker is about to say something he/she expects the listener to already know.
Someone, could be the listener, the speaker or someone else, expected the speaker to do something
The speaker was expected to accompany two males with these names; 'take' implies that they were not able to go by themselves, perhaps the speaker was providing transportation, or the two males are too young to go by themselves.
People in various parts of the world keep fish as pets; they (the people) have bowls or tanks of water in which the fish live, and the people take care of them by feeding them and cleaning their bowl. The fish are sold in shops in many countries, perhaps in markets in others, presumably the speaker is accompanying the two men to a place where they can get one.