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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

My blood will be on your head

situation:

Today I found the butler secretly rummaging through our family document, so, being very angry I gave him the dismissal and told him to leave within a week. Then he said

-My blood will be on your head, sir—it will, indeed—if you drive me to despair.

Did he mean he was going to commit suicide?
  

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Today I found the butler secretly rummaging through our family documents , so being very angr y, I dismissed him and told him to leave within a week . So your text is either carelessly typed or non-native. Did he mean he was going to commit suicide?

— Mister Micawber

  • Today I found the butler secretly rummaging through our family documents , so being very angr y, I dismissed him and told him to leave within a week .
  • So your text is either carelessly typed or non-native.
  • Did he mean he was going to commit suicide?
  • Perhaps but not necessarily.
  • The butler may have been using hyperbole.
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Today I found the butler secretly rummaging through our family documents, so being very angry, I dismissed him and told him to leave within a week.

So your text is either carelessly typed or non-native.
OttoJMy blood will be on your head, sir—it will, indeed—if you drive me to despair.Did he mean he was going to commit suicide?
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