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Kenny1999 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

We do not fight unless you bite

Can I say "We do not fight unless you bite? " Is it wired???

I want to tell somebody that we will not start war with them unless they push us hard and give us no way to go
  

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kenny1999 I want to tell somebody that we will not start war with them unless they push us hard and give us no way to go Then your phrasing seems a rather facetious way to negotiate. kenny1999 Can I say "We do not fight unless you bite? " Is it weird?

— Mister Micawber

  • kenny1999 I want to tell somebody that we will not start war with them unless they push us hard and give us no way to go Then your phrasing seems a rather facetious way to negotiate.
  • kenny1999 Can I say "We do not fight unless you bite?
  • " Is it weird?
  • Not weird but murky without the context you have given us.
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kenny1999I want to tell somebody that we will not start war with them unless they push us hard and give us no way to go
Then your phrasing seems a rather facetious way to negotiate.
kenny1999Can I say "We do not fight unless you bite? " Is it weird?
Not weird but murky without the context you have given us.
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so what is the more appropriate and polite alternative?? whilst it should sound powerful
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kenny1999 polite alternative?
About a war?! Surely you jest!
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no i was arguing an issue with someone, telling him that i do not like to come into conflicts with him unless he is trying to push to my limit. I am not talking about war

I just want to be not too nice, and not too impolite to him.

So what is the better slang / expresssion for that
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kenny1999So what is the better slang / expresssion for that
I won't argue with you unless you push me to it / unless you force me to.
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Thanks but It looks like a direct translation, any stronger expression??
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kenny1999It looks like a direct translation,
It is what we would say; I am unable to translate whatever language you speak.
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