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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Idiom I can't find a meaning for
I have a question about an idiom from Smallville Noir. What does it mean "to have nothing on someone"?
Here's the conversation:
Lex: Who's your new heavy?
Lionel: Relax. I got nothing on Kent so far
but his tab.
Here's the conversation:
Lex: Who's your new heavy?
Lionel: Relax. I got nothing on Kent so far
but his tab.
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to have nothing on someone = to have no information about someone, especially information that may be incriminating if this is in the context of detective work. CJ
- to have nothing on someone = to have no information about someone, especially information that may be incriminating if this is in the context of detective work.
- CJ
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to have nothing on someone = to have no information about someone, especially information that may be incriminating if this is in the context of detective work.
CJ
CJ
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It can also mean nothing that someone else doesn't have or nothing over (more than) what someone else has. For example, someone could tell me a story about someone who did something dumb. I might respond with, "She's got nothing on me. Listen to what dumb thing I did today."
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