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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "take life sitting down" mean "make your life always sitting there"?
Context:Don't take life sitting down More:http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829233.200-dont-take-life-sitting-down.html
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It is a joke there. 'To take something sitting down' as an idiom means to be passive, to fail to act or react to something. In that linked article, however, it also means merely 'sitting down': we sit too much during our lives but should be more active for better health.
- It is a joke there.
- 'To take something sitting down' as an idiom means to be passive, to fail to act or react to something.
- In that linked article, however, it also means merely 'sitting down': we sit too much during our lives but should be more active for better health.
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It is a joke there. 'To take something sitting down' as an idiom means to be passive, to fail to act or react to something. In that linked article, however, it also means merely 'sitting down': we sit too much during our lives but should be more active for better health.
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