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26 Jun 2011, 5:04 pm
draw a line in the sand: all figurative | ← Older revision | Revision as of 16:04, 26 June 2011 | | Line 4,992: | Line 4,992: | | | ::It's possible that the second sense (the one I originally wrote) is a literal application of the idiom, what do you think? [[User:Tooironic|---> Tooironic]] 14:05, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | | ::It's possible that the second sense (the one I originally wrote) is a literal application of the idiom, what do you think? [[User:Tooironic|---> Tooironic]] 14:05, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | | | :::I can't do this kind of thing (making sense distinctions) without citations. All the senses seem plausible. I also believe that this can be a way of "challenging" someone to a fight. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 15:23, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | | :::I can't do this kind of thing (making sense distinctions) without citations. All the senses seem plausible. I also believe that this can be a way of "challenging" someone to a fight. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 15:23, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | | | + | | | | + | :::: Citations are now in. It seems all senses are figurative, in one way or another. Possibly the "challenge" sense, if there is a separate sense, is influenced by the drawing of ''[[battle line]]s''...? — [[User:Pingku|Pingku]]<sup><i>[[User talk:Pingku|dimmi]]</i></sup> 16:04, 26 June 2011 (UTC) | | | | | | | | == [[yiff]] == | | == [[yiff]] == | |
