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Clément Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
I pull a hair for...
So hello everyone,
My name's Clement, I'm from France near Paris and I positively love the English language, so here I am.
My first post will be about a phrase I've heard watching "Rome" series. A character says "I pull a hair for what my brother will do". Using the context, I understood that this phrase expresses contempt, more or less, but I've searched for it in idioms dictionary, and couldn't find anything. Is that an archaic form ?
If anyone knows...
Thanks,
Clem.
My name's Clement, I'm from France near Paris and I positively love the English language, so here I am.
My first post will be about a phrase I've heard watching "Rome" series. A character says "I pull a hair for what my brother will do". Using the context, I understood that this phrase expresses contempt, more or less, but I've searched for it in idioms dictionary, and couldn't find anything. Is that an archaic form ?
If anyone knows...
Thanks,
Clem.
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Normally, you're pulling hairs out of exasperation. I haven't seen the series. threadID=600005396&start=30 I know what Octavia meant by her tone and the look on her face, but the saying "I pull a hair for" doesn't make sense to me.
- Normally, you're pulling hairs out of exasperation.
- I haven't seen the series.
- threadID=600005396&start=30 I know what Octavia meant by her tone and the look on her face, but the saying "I pull a hair for" doesn't make sense to me.
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Normally, you're pulling hairs out of exasperation.
I haven't seen the series.
I wouldn't know what ancient Roman superstition the author wanted to exemplify here, but other viewers seem to have found that expression strange too:
I haven't seen the series.
I wouldn't know what ancient Roman superstition the author wanted to exemplify here, but other viewers seem to have found that expression strange too:
http://boards.hbo.com
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Thanks a lot, so I'm not the only one who's been "shocked" by such words. I've searched every English dictionary I have at home (that is... 2), and couldn't find anything about it.
Well, T guess one could argue that this phrase is some sort of an artistic license by the authors... don't know.
Thanks anyway.
Well, T guess one could argue that this phrase is some sort of an artistic license by the authors... don't know.
Thanks anyway.
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I've never come across the expression, but from the references at Google, it must mean something like "I couldn't give two cents for...", or another expression I can think of that refers to a particular portion of a rat's anatomy.
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