I was watching Seinfeld and whenever things start becoming great for George (he is always jobless and miserable) he says : "I am busting".
Does it mean breaking the bad luck or something else?
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Sign up to join this communityI was watching Seinfeld and whenever things start becoming great for George (he is always jobless and miserable) he says : "I am busting".
Does it mean breaking the bad luck or something else?
"Busting" is a synonym for "bursting." When George says he's busting, he means he's "bursting with emotion" (see "a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion"). It doesn't have anything to do with breaking the cycle of bad luck (although that's certainly a factor in his emotions); he just means he's really happy.
By "I am busting" , he probably means to evade out of the situation as his luck always runs out whenever things start becoming great.