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He Doesn't Suffer Fools Gladly
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Compliment or insult?
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Another common phrase that I think is ambiguous is 'I could swing for him'. For years I thought it meant that I would willingly punch a person because he had done something to wrong me or mine but apparently it means that I am willing to kill him and hang for it.
Another common phrase that I think is ambiguous is 'I could swing for him'. For years I thought it meant that I would willingly punch a person because he had done something to wrong me or mine but apparently it means that I am willing to kill him and hang for it.
Interesting article on suffering fools gladly here;
http:// www.nyt imes.co m/2013/ 01/04/o pinion/ brooks- sufferi ng-fool s-gladl y.html
I was not aware that it had its origin in the Bible, where Paul was having a go at the inhabitants of Corinth in favour or some supposed "false" apostles.
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I was not aware that it had its origin in the Bible, where Paul was having a go at the inhabitants of Corinth in favour or some supposed "false" apostles.