Doesn't happen to be
"I don't happen to be a rich man" means "I am not a rich man by chance", is that correct? And it has 2 different meanings as in the scenarios below, is that correct as well?
1) I don't happen to be a rich man. I am a rich man because I worked a lot & made good investments.
2) I don't happen to be a rich man. I am not a rich man because my father & I didn't inherit anything from grandfather who was very rich as he was very angry at my father.
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anonymous "I don't happen to be a rich man" means "I am not a rich man by chance" Not really. That explanation fails to capture the real intent of the idiom, though the intent is not easy to paraphrase. It turns out (by chance) that I'm not a rich man .
- anonymous "I don't happen to be a rich man" means "I am not a rich man by chance" Not really.
- That explanation fails to capture the real intent of the idiom, though the intent is not easy to paraphrase.
- It turns out (by chance) that I'm not a rich man .
- Given the way that the world works and given the way my life has progressed, I am not a rich man .
- CJ
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anonymous"I don't happen to be a rich man" means "I am not a rich man by chance"
Not really. That explanation fails to capture the real intent of the idiom, though the intent is not easy to paraphrase.
It turns out (by chance) that I'm not a rich man.
Given the way that the world works and given the way my life has progressed, I am not
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