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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

To throw at sb stick

Hello

I have problem with meaning of (I think) an idiomatic expression: "Throw at sb stick". I cannot make it out. Can someone help?

Martin
  

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Could we have the context, Anon? It's usually "to throw a stick at".

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  • Could we have the context, Anon?
  • It's usually "to throw a stick at".
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Could we have the context, Anon? It's usually "to throw a stick at".
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From article: The girls burst into tears, and a few weeks ago one singer threw at me a stick after I told him he had failed to get through to the next round.

Thanks...
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I'm clueless, Anon...
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And the meaning of throw a stick at sb..., please??? I do not have idea at all...

Martin
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Well, I'm not a native, as you can see, and my results come from Google. I haven't found it registered under "idiom" in Cambridge.

First it's literal: to throw a stick in the direction of someone.

Then you have "to throw a stick into something", it's to try & prevent the success of something.

"More than you can throw a stick at" seems to mean "more than expected"
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Check tomorrow, Anon, there may be better answers...
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Well, I can't find the article online; but from the little we have, it seems simply to be unusual word order, meaning "threw a stick at me".

MrP
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