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An Jiyoung Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Howard Aiken's quote
“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.”
I am not sure the meaning of the second sentence. How should I understand "ram them down people's throats"? put them into people's throats??
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I am not sure the meaning of the second sentence. How should I understand "ram them down people's throats"? put them into people's throats??
Thanks
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Top answer
push them down people's throats
- push them down people's throats
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To "ram something down someone's throat" means, in this context, to keep people constantly aware of your idea, to the point of annoying them, so it is impossible to ignore it.
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