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Cho7712 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

meaning

In the short story 'A good man is hard to find'(by Flannery O'connor),
the quoted text below is that I cannot proceed at all.

"Daddy was a card himself," The Misfit said.
"You couldn't put anything over on him. He never got in
trouble with the Authorities though. Just had the knack of
handling them."

If there is a teacher who already read this story, I hope so,
would you please help me to understand this part?
  

Top answer

"Daddy was a card himself," The Misfit said. A card is an idiom meaning a very funny person who makes jokes all the time. "You couldn't put anything over on him.

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  • "Daddy was a card himself," The Misfit said.
  • A card is an idiom meaning a very funny person who makes jokes all the time.
  • "You couldn't put anything over on him.
  • He was very smart - it was impossible to fool him.
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"Daddy was a card himself," The Misfit said. A card is an idiom meaning a very funny person who makes jokes all the time.

"You couldn't put anything over on him. He was very smart - it was impossible to fool him.
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Thank you for the answer.
Though your explanation is informative, I still don't know how this part is appropriate for the answer.
I mean, the Misfit's answer doesn't seem felicitous and thus considered as irrelevant or unfit.
(the pre-context is that Bailey's wife asks "where are they taking him?")
Would you please clarify the intended meaning of the Misfit's answer?
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