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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Buy every word out of someone's mouth
Hi,
I have a question about the following excerpt:
Q: Did Michael ever talk to you about Marcus ?
A: Nothing... but Michael might not have bought every word out of Marcus's mouth
Q: So, he killed him ?
A: He respected Marcus, his ideas.
From a native speaker's standpoint, does the bold part mean "might not have agreed with Marcus on every point". Is it in common use ?
Thanks a bunch!
I have a question about the following excerpt:
Q: Did Michael ever talk to you about Marcus ?
A: Nothing... but Michael might not have bought every word out of Marcus's mouth
Q: So, he killed him ?
A: He respected Marcus, his ideas.
From a native speaker's standpoint, does the bold part mean "might not have agreed with Marcus on every point". Is it in common use ?
Thanks a bunch!
Top answer
Quite common. " Could mean it's a deception or could mean it's inaccurate. You have it right.
- Quite common.
- " Could mean it's a deception or could mean it's inaccurate.
- You have it right.
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Quite common. "I don't buy it!" Could mean it's a deception or could mean it's inaccurate.
You have it right.
You have it right.
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Edit.
Sorry. I should have said it could mean I think it's a deception or I think it's inaccurate.
Sorry. I should have said it could mean I think it's a deception or I think it's inaccurate.
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MrPernickety Michael might not have bought every word out of Marcus's mouthI think "believe" works well as a substitution for "buy" here:
Michael might not have believed everything that Marcus said.
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