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Totp Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "I say it here, it comes out there" means?

Please someone tell me what "I say it here, it comes out there" means.
  

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It's not an idiom, but a quote from a movie "Broadcast News", in which one character telephones a TV newsroom, tells them some information which they repeat on air (on TV), and he comments "I say it here, it comes out there".

  • It's not an idiom, but a quote from a movie "Broadcast News", in which one character telephones a TV newsroom, tells them some information which they repeat on air (on TV), and he comments "I say it here, it comes out there".
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It's not an idiom, but a quote from a movie "Broadcast News", in which one character telephones a TV newsroom, tells them some information which they repeat on air (on TV), and he comments "I say it here, it comes out there".
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Thank you very much for posting your answer. So that means "it's said everywhere, here and there"?
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TotpThank you very much for posting your answer. So that means "it's said everywhere, here and there"?
No. It means "if I say something here, it's repeated by them there (in the other place, on the TV)"
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Actually, it was said by Dr.House to the parent who said "We would never do anything to hurt Danny(their son)."

Could somebody explain more about "I say it here, it comes out there."?
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Think about striking a match in your house but starting instead a fire in the house 3 doors away.
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Totp, I watch House faithfully every week, and I don't remember this scene, so I don't know what it means.
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To Grammar Geek, it was episode 2 which got that line.
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0It means, "Everything I tell you goes in one ear and out the other." In other words, "You are not listening to me." 0-
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Somebody (Mark Kermode, I think) said he uses the phrase a lot ( on "Front Row"). I remembered hearing but not the film, so Googled it (Broadcast News, obviously, thanks). I can think of 2 possible meanings:

1. Gee, whiz, isn't science wonderful (possibly ironic).

2. The reporter has just repeated it verbatim, changed nothing, added no value, and is therfore worthless.
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It's got nothing to do with 'House'. It's a 'Broadcast News' movie quote. As was already mentioned above.

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