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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Due respect

What's the meaning of "due respect" in this sentence?
With all due respect to Ben, you just have to bite the bullet and use the stuff.
  

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It means that Ben does not know what he's talking about.

— Enoon

  • It means that Ben does not know what he's talking about.
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It means that Ben does not know what he's talking about.
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I didn't get it.
What is the meaning of "due" here?
And also "bite the bullet". what does it mean?
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blueblooded65What is the meaning of "due" here?
Ben is entitled to some respect. Even after we grant Ben the respect that is due to him for his intelligence and honesty, he's still wrong.
blueblooded65And also "bite the bullet". what does it mean?
It is a figure of speech. Legend has it that a battlefield surge
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enoonIt means that Ben does not know what he's talking about.
Enoon's response does not carry the same tone as the original: he tends to hyperbolize.

With all due respect to Ben (= although Ben has a different opinion, I think that], you just have to bite the bullet and use the stuff.
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Mister Micawberhe tends to hyperbolize
And MM tends to be quite delicate in criticism.
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