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Originally posted by BustaMike
So you think the predictions are dead on?
So you think the predictions are dead on?
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No I do not. I think they are dead wrong.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence) -
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Projections are not always right and the chances of them being wrong for the longer term is a lot greater.
no disagreement there.
I don't take these with a grain of salt.
here you're using a figure of speech somewhat incorrectly. if you don't take these with a grain of salt, it means you place value in the projections.
the idiom is that the projections, or the item, is so meaningless, so worthless, that the only way anybody would take them is with a grain of salt--something that has marginally more value.
which is why people say the phrase:
"Take this with a grain of salt, but I think you're full of crap."
it's a disclaimer that means that the persion thinks you're full of crap, but that his opinion doesn't mean much to you.B♭3Comment
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You guys are acting idiotic....For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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That's not what he said. Besides, don't help. This is funOriginally posted by Japher
and that's why he won't take them, not even with a grain of salt..
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"Luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." - Chris Cornell, "Mindriot"Comment
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DAMN YOU... JUST F---KING DROP IT. I DO NOT TAKE THESE PROJECTIONS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. THAT'S F--KING PROPER TO SAY.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Fez, did you read the examples the links provided?
Look, I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, I'm just trying to, as a native English speaker, help you with an idiom.B♭3Comment
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Nope. Because the way I used it was totally proper. You are acting foolish in thinking I'm stupid when it comes to english. You can go shove it.Originally posted by Q Cubed
Fez, did you read the examples the links provided?
Look, I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, I'm just trying to, as a native English speaker, help you with an idiom.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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I do not take that statement with a grain of saltDO NOT TAKE THESE PROJECTIONS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
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Wrong, wrong. I still used it properly for the meaning I intended.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Nope. Because the way I used it was totally proper. You are acting foolish in thinking I'm stupid when it comes to english. You can go shove it.
Dude, I think your English is fantastic. The rest of it was perfectly fine, I'm just trying to point out the idiom.
Idioms are tricky to use, especially if you're not a native speaker. The way you used it doesn't make sense. We knew what you wanted to say, so it's cool, it's just that you might want to know how the phrase is used.B♭3Comment
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