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Meantolearn Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

walk the line

It's the title of a movie.

What does it mean? Is it a common expression?

Thx,
  

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Hi, MTL! org/wiki/I_Walk_the_Line . I'm not sure about its meaning, but I think it's something like "I do everything I'm supposed to do in order to X".

  • Hi, MTL!
  • org/wiki/I_Walk_the_Line .
  • I'm not sure about its meaning, but I think it's something like "I do everything I'm supposed to do in order to X".
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Hi, MTL!

The film is about Johnny Cash, and the title comes from one of his songs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Walk_the_Line . I'm not sure about its meaning, but I think it's something like "I do everything I'm supposed to do in order to
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Hi,

Johnny Cash sang 'Because you're mine, I walk the line'. What he meant was 'Because you love me, I'm very careful about my behaviour in case I might lose you'. No, it's not something I often hear people say.

I do hear other expressions with 'line'. eg

It's a thin line between right and wrong. When he stole the money, he stepped

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