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I don't trust him as far as I could throw him What is the meaning?why do we say the latter part
May 23, 2015 3:41 PM
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If you managed to lift a friend off the ground, how far could you throw him or her? Probably not very far!
May 23, 2015
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It's just a colorful way of saying you don't trust someone.
May 23, 2015
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It's just a phrase meaning I really don't trust him at all! Only ever used in the negative form.
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Alice Zhang
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Chinese (Mandarin), English
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