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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
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Hi
Please help me with the meaning of the idiom here
Context: Usain Bolt says this:
When you're training as hard as you can, you have to try to get your rest in the evenings. It was hard saying, 'I'm going to stay in' while my friends were going to clubs such as Quad or Fiction in Kingston. But you have to do it. I got my own back, though - when I'm not racing I go back there, but now I know the DJs and they let me mess around on the decks at the end of the night.
My guess: He did not let himself deprived of those small pleasures.
Please help me with the meaning of the idiom here
Context: Usain Bolt says this:
When you're training as hard as you can, you have to try to get your rest in the evenings. It was hard saying, 'I'm going to stay in' while my friends were going to clubs such as Quad or Fiction in Kingston. But you have to do it. I got my own back, though - when I'm not racing I go back there, but now I know the DJs and they let me mess around on the decks at the end of the night.
My guess: He did not let himself deprived of those small pleasures.
Top answer
No. He got revenge (on his friends).
- No.
- He got revenge (on his friends).
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In terms of US usage, this could be interpreted as: "I look out for myself, though." That is, he's always looking out for "number one," so in the end, he got whatever he missed out on in his younger days, due to training demands. British usage might interpret this differently. Bolt is Jamaican, and so his usage might be more British than American, but Jamaica is closer to the US than the UK and
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