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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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What does " to milk that, if the tables were turned but no matter" mean?
Does it mean " to make use of that, if the situations were turned but no matter (how you pretend your effort will be useless)"?
Context:
Helpful and illuminating comments might be more that simply saying "it's a fact". He suggested that you present something that would prove your point and what have you done since, besides nothing?
Context:
I think that you would have tried to milk that, if the tables were turned but no matter.
Do you want to make helpful and illuminating comment,
Helpful and illuminating comments might be more that simply saying "it's a fact". He suggested that you present something that would prove your point and what have you done since, besides nothing?
Top answer
To "milk" in this case probably means to exploit or prolong something to one's greatest advantage. "if the tables were turned" means "if our situations/roles were swapped", implying that the advantaged person becomes the disadvantaged one. I cannot understand the whole context though.
- To "milk" in this case probably means to exploit or prolong something to one's greatest advantage.
- "if the tables were turned" means "if our situations/roles were swapped", implying that the advantaged person becomes the disadvantaged one.
- I cannot understand the whole context though.
- What is the connection between "Do you want to make helpful and illuminating comment" and "I think that you would have tried to milk that, if the tables were turned but no matter"?
- Should they be part of the same passage of text but the formatting of your post accidentally got messed up?
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To "milk" in this case probably means to exploit or prolong something to one's greatest advantage. "if the tables were turned" means "if our situations/roles were swapped", implying that the advantaged person becomes the disadvantaged one.
I cannot understand the whole context though. What is the connection between "Do you want to make helpful and illuminating comment" and "I think that y
I cannot understand the whole context though. What is the connection between "Do you want to make helpful and illuminating comment" and "I think that y
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I don't understand the context you have provided, but here are a few comments. Please ask again if you need more help.
Clive
to milk something is an idiom that means 'to try to gain as much benefit from something as possible, including every last tiny bit.
the tables are turned is
Clive
to milk something is an idiom that means 'to try to gain as much benefit from something as possible, including every last tiny bit.
the tables are turned is
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