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Interventizio Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

"I can take anything you can throw at me"

"I can take any anything you can throw at me". I think this means: "I am tough, I can bear any burden (real or psychologica)" etc. But does a sentence like this make sense: "He's a sucker, he will believe anything you can throw at him"? Can you use any other verb other than "take" or is that a fixed sentence?
  

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Interventizio But does a sentence like this make sense: "He's a sucker, he will believe anything you can throw at him"? The usual expression is: He's so gullible that he'll believe anything you tell him. But your sentence is intelligible.

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  • Interventizio But does a sentence like this make sense: "He's a sucker, he will believe anything you can throw at him"?
  • The usual expression is: He's so gullible that he'll believe anything you tell him.
  • But your sentence is intelligible.
  • It is a bit of a mixed metaphor.
  • The original: "I can take any anything you can throw at me".
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Interventizio But does a sentence like this make sense: "He's a sucker, he will believe anything you can throw at him"?
The usual expression is: He's so gullible that he'll believe anything you tell him.
But your sentence is intelligible. It is a bit of a mixed metaphor. The original:
"I can take any anything you can throw at me".
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That's excellent thank you.
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