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Jungelbobo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
"give it to him" & "held oneself pretty well"
So wondering what the two phrases exactly mean, i can guess a little bit but i am not sure about the exact meaning.
Below is the quote(a reply to a forum post asked about the expectation of the late show with letterman and oreilly):
letterman is an entertainer, he doesn't know his *** or know how to argue. Even though I hate oreilley, I gotta give it to him, he held himself pretty well. he said it himself, letter " i'm not smart enough to debate to you point to point on this". oreilley is weak, but letterman is weaker, now here's why I think oreilley is weak, I watch his show a lot, and a lot of times, when his debater is stronger can can disprove him while standing up for themselves, he cuts off their mike.
Below is the quote(a reply to a forum post asked about the expectation of the late show with letterman and oreilly):
letterman is an entertainer, he doesn't know his *** or know how to argue. Even though I hate oreilley, I gotta give it to him, he held himself pretty well. he said it himself, letter " i'm not smart enough to debate to you point to point on this". oreilley is weak, but letterman is weaker, now here's why I think oreilley is weak, I watch his show a lot, and a lot of times, when his debater is stronger can can disprove him while standing up for themselves, he cuts off their mike.
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jungelbobo Even though I hate oreilley, I gotta give it to him, he held himself pretty well. I'm very sorry to see that the shift key on your keyboard is broken. Or is it your fingers that are broken?
- jungelbobo Even though I hate oreilley, I gotta give it to him, he held himself pretty well.
- I'm very sorry to see that the shift key on your keyboard is broken.
- Or is it your fingers that are broken?
- Even though I hate O'Reilley, I have to admit that he did well in presenting his views.
- Even though I hate O'Reilley, I have to give him credit for being able to support his opinions well.
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jungelboboEven though I hate oreilley, I gotta give it to him, he held himself pretty well.I'm very sorry to see that the shift key on your keyboard is broken. Or is it your fingers that are broken?
Even though I hate O'Reilley, I have to admit that he did well in presenting his views.
Even though I hate O'Reilley, I have to give him credit for
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So, give it to him = give credit to him, this looks fine
But hold himself well = present idea well ,or could it just mean perform well in a more general sense?
But hold himself well = present idea well ,or could it just mean perform well in a more general sense?
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jungelbobo hold himself well = present idea wellActually, as far as I know, the correct idiom is "hold his own", but "hold himself well" is close enough. I should have mentioned that earlier.
The connotation of either of those is that the person stands up for himself, defends himself verbally, supports his ideas well, and thereby advances his cause,
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