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Hi, What is the meaning of " Talk about rich" and "won't touch me" in the following text:
Nick said, "Oh, I so want a trial. I want to see Big Bob here on the witness stand telling the jury about his wonderful weekend with a cuddy contract killer right before she rubbed out his close friend. Talk about rich."
Bob smiled and said, " I'll have the jury eating out of my hands.And her lawyer won't touch me .
The text is from the book Camino Winds by John Grisham.
Thanks.
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" is a freestanding informal expression similar to "Tell me about it", where X is an adjective. It means that the thing under discussion is extremely X. ", implying that your knowledge of how X the thing is is inferior to mine.
- " is a freestanding informal expression similar to "Tell me about it", where X is an adjective.
- It means that the thing under discussion is extremely X.
- ", implying that your knowledge of how X the thing is is inferior to mine.
- anonymous "won't touch me" Think of two boxers, and one evades the other so expertly that the other boxer never lays a glove on him.
- anonymous eating out of my hands By the way, the expression is "eating out of my hand", not "hands".
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anonymous" Talk about rich"
"Talk about X." is a freestanding informal expression similar to "Tell me about it", where X is an adjective. It means that the thing under discussion is extremely X. It might be a short form of "(do) you want to talk about X?", implying that your knowledge of how X the thing is is inferior to mine.
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