Catch my drift meaning in English

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Definition

Do you catch my drift?: Do you understand? Do you get what I'm saying? Do you know what I'm trying to say? idiom
a drift: a pile, a bank, a mass; a meaning, a gist, a point, an implication noun
to drift: to wander, to float, to go, to stray, to coast verb

Examples

  • "Nurse : And I've never seen a man with a stomach virus and a black eye, if you catch my drift."
Exercise 1
The nurse tells Philip: "I've never seen a man with a stomach virus and a black eye, if you catch my drift".

What is the meaning of the idiom "if you catch my drift"?
The nurse tells Philip: "I've never seen a man with a stomach virus and a black eye, if you catch my drift".

What is the meaning of the idiom "if you catch my drift"?
This is not the meaning of the expression "if you catch my drift". It is true that one can "catch a cold" or some other contagious disease, but in this case, the nurse is actually warning Philip to stop making silly comments.
"If you catch my drift" means "if you understand what I'm implying". It is usually used to signal the hidden or implicit meaning of someone's comment and often appears in ironic contexts such as this one. Here the nurse is warning Philip to stop making stupid comments about "male nurses".
This is not the meaning of the expression "if you catch my drift". The nurse is actually warning Philip to stop making silly comments, and not questioning Philip's sickness
This is what Flint Westwood might say, but this is not what the nurse is expressing here.

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