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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

It's really more like a penknife?

-Chief, it is my job to review all legal agreements concerning officer conduct,
and I refuse to certify this document.

-Why?

-Because we need to determine if the term "professionally indifferent"
has broader legal implications.

-Honestly. You think I'd be congratulated for agreeing to fall
on my sword.

-Right? And with negligent homicide off the table,
it's really more like a penknife, anyway.

-I want to sign it.

what does it mean it's really more like a penknife?
  

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Anonymous what does it mean it's really more like a penknife? If you know what it means to "fall on one's sword", and you know that a penknife is a very small version of a sword, and you know that the phrase in question expands to "It's really more like agreeing to fall on my penknife", then you probably get the point of the 'penknife' remark. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous what does it mean it's really more like a penknife?
  • If you know what it means to "fall on one's sword", and you know that a penknife is a very small version of a sword, and you know that the phrase in question expands to "It's really more like agreeing to fall on my penknife", then you probably get the point of the 'penknife' remark.
  • CJ
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Anonymouswhat does it mean it's really more like a penknife?
If you know what it means to "fall on one's sword", and you know that a penknife is a very small version of a sword, and you know that the phrase in question expands to "It's really more like agreeing to fall on my penknife", then you probably get the point of the 'penknife' remark.
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