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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
More fool you that are puzzled by it
"Some insinuation there."
"More fool you that are puzzled by it."
Herman Melville - The Confidence Man
The above is an unusual construction. I've looked for such construction on google and it seems that no one used it except the author who wrote it. I don't think it has much to do with the below idiom.
More fool you! (British, American & Australian, American)
something that you say in order to show that you think someone has done something stupid. You lent her sixty pounds and expected it back? More fool you! 'He's volunteered to work late.' 'The more fool him, then.'
"More fool you that are puzzled by it."
Herman Melville - The Confidence Man
The above is an unusual construction. I've looked for such construction on google and it seems that no one used it except the author who wrote it. I don't think it has much to do with the below idiom.
More fool you! (British, American & Australian, American)
something that you say in order to show that you think someone has done something stupid. You lent her sixty pounds and expected it back? More fool you! 'He's volunteered to work late.' 'The more fool him, then.'
Top answer
I think you're right. ] And I think 'you' means 'all/any of you'. Not really a very nice thing to say, is it!
- I think you're right.
- ] And I think 'you' means 'all/any of you'.
- Not really a very nice thing to say, is it!
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I think you're right. [You must be pretty weak, mentally, if it confuses you.] And I think 'you' means 'all/any of you'.
Not really a very nice thing to say, is it!
Not really a very nice thing to say, is it!
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I can infer the meaning from the context, but to me the construction doesn't make any sense...
I think it means "you are stupid for being perplexed by what I said"
FULL EXTRACT:
"Never you mind how it is"--with a sneer; "but all horses aint virtuous, no more than all men kind; and come close to, and much dealt with, some things are catching. When you find me a virtuous
I think it means "you are stupid for being perplexed by what I said"
FULL EXTRACT:
"Never you mind how it is"--with a sneer; "but all horses aint virtuous, no more than all men kind; and come close to, and much dealt with, some things are catching. When you find me a virtuous
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wholegrainto me the construction doesn't make any sense...Again, I think you are right. Perhaps that's why I don't read Melville.
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