In one episode of the "How I met your mother" series, Ted is talking about his possible future wife (Robin). Here's the script:
Ted: I just met a perfect woman! She was like this:( He starts to talk about Robin, how they like each other, and how they have a lot in common.)
Marshall: Oh, it is on!
It is on till the break of dawn (with robot motion).
And then there was laughing sound and Ted also laughed.
Lily: But wait. It's only the break of 10:30. What happened?
Scenes back to what happened between Ted and Robin and how they had to leave each other)
I'm not a native speaker, but I think "be on" means something is going to start. Am I right? In this case, what is going to start, and does it have a sexual meaning?
And what does "break" in "break of 10:30" mean? Does it mean "about 10:30," or is Lily just joking about "the break of dawn" that Marshal said?
Best Answer
The line "on till the break of dawn" references the lyrics from Rapper's paradise:
It probably has some sexual innuendo. The robot motion is an early '80s dance craze.
The "break of 10:30" is a deliberate mistake for comic reasons. The idiom "the break of dawn" means the moment of dawn. You don't say "The break of 10:30" unless you are joking.