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Rack1146 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

I hold the line

0Hi,02br
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00Again I've encountered another expression that I don't really know what it means:02br
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00Superman was fighting Doomsday and he was welling to sacrifice his life defending Metropolis and then he said:02br
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00"Metropolis is where I hold the line"02br
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00What does he mean by that here?02br
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0 01font 00Hi Rack1146 02br 02br 00According to the dictionary, to 01font 00hold the line02font 00 means to maintain the existing position or state of affair. In this context, I think it means Superman would not allow anything to happen to Metropolis . 02br 02br 00Cheers ,02br 02br 00E02br 02font 00 0-

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  • 0 01font 00Hi Rack1146 02br 02br 00According to the dictionary, to 01font 00hold the line02font 00 means to maintain the existing position or state of affair.
  • In this context, I think it means Superman would not allow anything to happen to Metropolis .
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers ,02br 02br 00E02br 02font 00 0-
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0 01font00Hi Rack1146 02br
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00According to the dictionary, to 01font00hold the line02font00 means to maintain the existing position or state of affair. In this context, I think it means Superman would not allow anything to happen to Metropolis . 02br
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0>Metropolis is where I hold the line02br
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01i00M is my limit of acceptance/tolerance/ (where I really start fighting).02i0-
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0Where he stands solidly to make his final defence, without any retreat.02br
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0 01font00I leant a lot from here. I guess these interpretations can only be made by native speakers or those with a really good command of the English Language . I say this because the dictionary doesn't tell us the exact meaning of the line in this case.02br
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0 I strongly suggest you make a search at Yahoo for:02br
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