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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
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Go over well

1. Consider the following sentence:


“He added a great deal to Reagan’s presidency in terms of governance, but he never wanted to get credit for it, because he knew that WOULDN'T GO OVER WELL."

In this context, does 'wouldn't go over well' mean that it WOULDN'T BE ETHICAL? 2. By the way, and using the same sense, would the following sentence make sense: "I didn't really like the dinner, but I think it WOULDN'T GO OVER WELL to say that to the hosts."
  

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go over well: to be accepted or well received Christine Christie WOULDN'T BE ETHICAL? No. " Yes.

— CalifJim

  • go over well: to be accepted or well received Christine Christie WOULDN'T BE ETHICAL?
  • No.
  • " Yes.
  • Note: We transfer negation to the main clause in statements of opinion: I don't think it would go over well to say that to the hosts.
  • CJ
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go over well: to be accepted or well received

Christine ChristieWOULDN'T BE ETHICAL?

No. See definition above from

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+over

Christine Christieusing the same sense, would the following sentence
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