How does “who’s for another round of toast” mean? : I think there’s no other way to go around it.
I heard it at a meal in movie. I couldn’t understand it. How can someone tell me this is a form of torture?
I want to start my college studies at the top of my lungs. Fortunately I don’t stay there forever.
Who are you for? “Who is in favour of…? “, that is, in context, “Who would like to have…?” “/.
To be for something so, in this usage means be pro not anti.
Are you in support of the new privacy policies, where they’re allowed to have their device listen to your conversation and send you an ads about things you’ve talked about?
In mathematics round is an iteration of something. In a meal context, a serving or helping.
A round is also a slice of bread.
What do I get when someone else orders another round of toast or the usual beer? In such constructions, for approximately corresponds to is in favour of (or wants which might not always mean exactly the same thing).
Who’s up for another beer? What is the correct usage of “straw poll”? What is it like if the bar they’re at is about to close, and the speaker is calling for a “collective decision” because they’d need to move to an all night bar if they want to continue drinking?
What isn’t to say that OP’s cited version is “incorrect”, but it’s just less common. As opposed to being up for something, for is very much an informal usage, and for is very much an interesting form for was for something. to me the plain form to be for something has significant formal connotations (in
a debate say, We are for the motion, and they are against it).
