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Danil Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
"As far as I could spit"
I am watching a movie (Sherloc Holmes) I have noticed a sentence:
God knows what they've been spraying on us all this years or putting in the water.
I wouldn't trust them as far as I could spit.
Did not understand the part of the sentence which is highlighted.
Can someone give me an explanation, please?
God knows what they've been spraying on us all this years or putting in the water.
I wouldn't trust them as far as I could spit.
Did not understand the part of the sentence which is highlighted.
Can someone give me an explanation, please?
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Danil Can someone give me an explanation, please? I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as [ . .
- Danil Can someone give me an explanation, please?
- I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as [ .
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- ] is an idiomatic formula that means "I do not trust (someone) at all" or "(someone) should not be trusted".
- I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him is a popular one.
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DanilCan someone give me an explanation, please?I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as [ . . . . ] is an idiomatic formula that means "I do not trust (someone) at all" or "(someone) should not be trusted".
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I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him is a popular one. The one you quoted (I woul
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A spit is a long metal spike. Customs used one to thrust into bales of wool to check that nothing was being smuggled in the inside of the bale.
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