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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Thanks for lending me your shoulder



Does Thanks for lending me your shoulder mean "Thanks for giving me some help"?
  

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This is short for "lending me your shoulder to cry on," meaning to provide emotional support for someone in distress. Your text seems to have this be almost literal as well as figurative.

— Deadrat

  • This is short for "lending me your shoulder to cry on," meaning to provide emotional support for someone in distress.
  • Your text seems to have this be almost literal as well as figurative.
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This is short for "lending me your shoulder to cry on," meaning to provide emotional support for someone in distress. Your text seems to have this be almost literal as well as figurative.
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HUBLOTDoes Thanks for lending me your shoulder mean "Thanks for giving me some help"?
Specifically, for giving her a 'shoulder to cry on'. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shoulder_to_cry_on
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Thanks a lot, deadrat and MM. Emotion: smile
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