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on the back of one's life - what does it mean ? thx!
  

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Hi, on the back of one's life - what does it mean ? It sounds like it refers to the end part of a person's life, but it's a nonstandard and slightly odd phrase. Do you have a context?

  • Hi, on the back of one's life - what does it mean ?
  • It sounds like it refers to the end part of a person's life, but it's a nonstandard and slightly odd phrase.
  • Do you have a context?
  • Clive
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Hi,
on the back of one's life - what does it mean ?
It sounds like it refers to the end part of a person's life, but it's a nonstandard and slightly odd phrase.
Do you have a context?
Clive
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Keeping up with Clark proves a monumental challenge--"you didn't interact with him," Lewis notes, "so much as hitch a ride on the back of his life"--but one that the author rises to meet with the same frenetic energy and humor of his previous books, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140143
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Hi,
Oh, I see.

hitch a ride on the back of his life
It's derived from the idea/expression 'hitch a ride on the back of his motorcycle'.
Clive

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