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Old 01-30-2005, 06:23 PM   #28
thomas_dixon
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Re: There's going to be trouble

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Jean de Rochefort wrote:
sorry again, I was more refering to "So you're going to drop the hot dog guy?" Apparently, I shouldn't of quoted the entire post.

Regarding "proverb": that's a great example of a proverb. That would fit the first definition of "proverbial" in the Webster's Dictionary. The fourth definition is "having become an object of common mention or reference."

I guess I'd figured the bully had become the common. Thanks for the lesson on "proverbial."

sorry again for the confusion. I'll watch it in the future.
What you mean is something widely spoken or known of. Example: A turtle's proverbial speed. Also, in your post you referred to the "Bullies" as "someone" indicating one, rather than many. So I naturally assumed you meant only one person, hence my reference to the hot dog guy:

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However, I was under the impression that you trained so that if you're walking down a street and someone tried to interfere with your progress you could eliminate their presence with the least personal effort.
It was meant more as a sarcastic joke, than an insult.
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