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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Throw down a stick
Hello everyone and thank you in advance for your help. There's this phrase I'm stuck with in subtitles for some Japanese movie.
So: someone has stolen a police gun and gave it to a wino. Two kids got shot - more or less accidentally, but the wino pulled the trigger himself anyway. And this someone (who has stolen the gun) found out what had happened. He seems to have no regrets whatsoever. And he says - according to English subtitles from Japanese DVD - he says:
-- Give a wino a gun and even the stupidest kid will throw down his stick.
What does "throw down his stick" mean in this context? I can't wrap my head around it.
Thank you so much!
So: someone has stolen a police gun and gave it to a wino. Two kids got shot - more or less accidentally, but the wino pulled the trigger himself anyway. And this someone (who has stolen the gun) found out what had happened. He seems to have no regrets whatsoever. And he says - according to English subtitles from Japanese DVD - he says:
-- Give a wino a gun and even the stupidest kid will throw down his stick.
What does "throw down his stick" mean in this context? I can't wrap my head around it.
Thank you so much!
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Anonymous What does "throw down his stick" mean in this context? I don't think it is an idiom; I think it just means that if a young hoodlum is threatening a wino with a stick or club, and the wino has a gun, then any such kid would drop his stick and not attack the wino.
- Anonymous What does "throw down his stick" mean in this context?
- I don't think it is an idiom; I think it just means that if a young hoodlum is threatening a wino with a stick or club, and the wino has a gun, then any such kid would drop his stick and not attack the wino.
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AnonymousWhat does "throw down his stick" mean in this context?I don't think it is an idiom; I think it just means that if a young hoodlum is threatening a wino with a stick or club, and the wino has a gun, then any such kid would drop his stick and not attack the wino.
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Oh! There actually was a flashback and said "young hoodlum" actually was bullying the wino.
Thank you ever so much.
Thank you ever so much.
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