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What does mean the phrase "I am holding them off with a whip and a chair."?
10 jun. 2010 16:46
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I believe it means that the speaker is preventing a danger from coming too close or keeping a situation under control. In the circus, a lion tamer uses a whip and a chair to keep the lions from getting out of control.
10 juni 2010
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Sergei
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