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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Idiom: Fire from others' shoulder

Could anyone explain the meaning and usage of the above idiom.
Appreciate if you could give a reference too.

Regards,
Raj
  

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I 've never heard this idiom. Where did you find it? Can you show us an example of it in a sentence, please?

— Clive

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I've never heard this idiom. Where did you find it?
Can you show us an example of it in a sentence, please?

Clive.
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Hi

I'm not absolutely sure, but I think it means 'If you are going to fire a gun, you must rest it against your own shoulder'
[= if you are going to act, you must take responsibility for that yourself]

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It is probably only used in Indian English.
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Yes, I've never heard it in the UK - I was just surmising from what I read

Dave
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