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Kapa Posted 11 years ago
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Hello friends,
Could you please tell me the meaning of bold part? I know the literal meaning, but It doesn't make sense.
“—and anybody who thinks different’s either a Communist or might as well be one. Passive resistance, my hind foot . . .”
Thank you
Could you please tell me the meaning of bold part? I know the literal meaning, but It doesn't make sense.
“—and anybody who thinks different’s either a Communist or might as well be one. Passive resistance, my hind foot . . .”
Thank you
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Kapa my hind foot It's an old expression, but I haven't heard it in a long time; my mother used it quite often. Loose translation - "you've got to be kidding"
- Kapa my hind foot It's an old expression, but I haven't heard it in a long time; my mother used it quite often.
- Loose translation - "you've got to be kidding"
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Kapamy hind footIt's an old expression, but I haven't heard it in a long time; my mother used it quite often.
Loose translation - "you've got to be kidding"
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There is an idiomatic exclamation in (US) English (which is a little dated today), "my foot," which means something like: "heck no," or "that's ridiculous," or "I'm not tolerating this," etc. The quoted phrase is apparently a variation of this (this might be Southern dialect from the 1950's), with the word "hind" added. Humans don't have hind legs, only animals do, and so the word "hind" appare
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AnonymousThere is an idiomatic exclamation in (US) English (which is a little dated today), "my foot," which means something like: "heck no," or "that's ridiculous," or "I'm not tolerating this," etc. The quoted phrase is apparently a variation of this (this might be Southern dialect from the 1950's), with the word "hind" added. Humans don't have hind legs, only animals d
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