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Manohonor Posted 21 years ago
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Criminal attorney/lawyer criminal
Hi,
How am I to understand the following dialog:
"John Does didn't pan out, but you'll
never guess who's in the meat locker."
"Who?"
"Sylvester Clarke, criminal attorney
turned lawyer criminal."
What does it mean? CRIMINAL ATTORNEY TURNED LAWYER CRIMINAL?
Thanks.
How am I to understand the following dialog:
"John Does didn't pan out, but you'll
never guess who's in the meat locker."
"Who?"
"Sylvester Clarke, criminal attorney
turned lawyer criminal."
What does it mean? CRIMINAL ATTORNEY TURNED LAWYER CRIMINAL?
Thanks.
Top answer
Word play. The attorney who once defended criminals has now become a criminal himself: from 'criminal lawyer' to 'lawyer criminal'. 'Meat locker' = 'cooler' = 'prison' seemed obvious to me until I googled it and found no prison references-- it is associated mostly with preserving beef and finding gay partners.
- Word play.
- The attorney who once defended criminals has now become a criminal himself: from 'criminal lawyer' to 'lawyer criminal'.
- 'Meat locker' = 'cooler' = 'prison' seemed obvious to me until I googled it and found no prison references-- it is associated mostly with preserving beef and finding gay partners.
- Still, it seems to me that 'prison' is the meaning unless you have textual information to the contrary.
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Word play. The attorney who once defended criminals has now become a criminal himself: from 'criminal lawyer' to 'lawyer criminal'.
'Meat locker' = 'cooler' = 'prison' seemed obvious to me until I googled it and found no prison references-- it is associated mostly with preserving beef and finding gay partners. Still, it seems to me that 'prison' is the meaning unless you have textual
'Meat locker' = 'cooler' = 'prison' seemed obvious to me until I googled it and found no prison references-- it is associated mostly with preserving beef and finding gay partners. Still, it seems to me that 'prison' is the meaning unless you have textual
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Manohonor;
I hope you don't mind me asking, but where are these snippets from? I have no reason for asking, other than that I'm intreagued.
Cheers
I hope you don't mind me asking, but where are these snippets from? I have no reason for asking, other than that I'm intreagued.
Cheers
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They are all from "Collateral" DVD starring Tom Cruise, Jamie ***, Mark Ruffalo etc.
A Michael Mann's film.
A Michael Mann's film.
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