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Mojtaba vahdati Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

three questions

Hello, all.

#1
We got a phrase in our language that means "to abuse an excuse as a means of treating others arrogantly and bad".
In a word by word translation it is "To hit something on other people's heads". But I'm not sure if this is proper to use in a natural English conversation or if there is something similar and better than that among frequently used English idioms.

#2
We got a phrase in our language that means "doing something first in order to pull out yourself from other people's criticisms in the future".
I searched the net and found this "throw stones to hide one's hands". Is it OK?

#3 Is it correct?
Be "cautious", the number of your mistakes "is" increasing.
I didn't use "be careful" because, I'm going to kind of threat my addressed person.

Thanks everybody.
  

Top answer

" I'm sorry, but I don't understand the saying in your first example. " That is to do something before the other person has the opportunity to do it. It could be don't for the purpose of avoiding criticism.

— Englishmaven

  • " I'm sorry, but I don't understand the saying in your first example.
  • " That is to do something before the other person has the opportunity to do it.
  • It could be don't for the purpose of avoiding criticism.
  • " We don't make a great distinction between "cautious" and "careful" for the difference you suggest.
  • " These examples do imply a threat of sorts.
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You should say, "We have a phrase..."

I'm sorry, but I don't understand the saying in your first example.

For the second one, maybe you could use "beat him to the punch." That is to do something before the other person has the opportunity to do it. It could be don't for the purpose of avoiding criticism.

For the third one, you mean "threaten," not "threat."
We don't
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