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Hobson's choice.
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not taking it. The phrase is said to originate from Thomas Hobson (1544v1630), a livery stable owner at Cambridge, England who, in order to rotate the use of his horses, offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door?or taking none at all.
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make my day
Meaning
Carry on with what you are doing - it will give me an excuse to behave badly.
Origin
make my dayThis line was made famous by the Clint Eastwood character Inspector (Dirty) Harry Callahan in the 1983 film Sudden Impact - the fourth film of the Dirty Harry series. Callahan encouraged felons to commit crimes so that he would have an excuse to shoot them. In Sudden Impact he dares a crook to shoot his hostage with the line "Go on punk, make my day".
Dirty Harry wasn't the first to use the phrase with that meaning though. It had been spoken earlier by the character Tom Walsh - played by Gary Swanson in the film Vice Squad (1982). In that film the line was, "Go ahead scumbag, make my day".
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nblens:Hobson's choice.
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not taking it. The phrase is said to originate from Thomas Hobson (1544v1630), a livery stable owner at Cambridge, England who, in order to rotate the use of his horses, offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door?or taking none at all.
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Melnik:make my day
Meaning
Carry on with what you are doing - it will give me an excuse to behave badly.
Origin
make my dayThis line was made famous by the Clint Eastwood character Inspector (Dirty) Harry Callahan in the 1983 film Sudden Impact - the fourth film of the Dirty Harry series. Callahan encouraged felons to commit crimes so that he would have an excuse to shoot them. In Sudden Impact he dares a crook to shoot his hostage with the line "Go on punk, make my day".
Dirty Harry wasn't the first to use the phrase with that meaning though. It had been spoken earlier by the character Tom Walsh - played by Gary Swanson in the film Vice Squad (1982). In that film the line was, "Go ahead scumbag, make my day".
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NEW 19.03.08 13:33
в ответ oxanaz 18.03.08 10:12
I hope you won't have anything against a couple of my favourite quotations that I would like to share with the members of this group
"Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic......because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart!"
"Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions! Therefore:ALWAYS be...POSITIVE!
And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfil your dreams!"
"The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches."
"Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic......because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart!"
"Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions! Therefore:ALWAYS be...POSITIVE!
And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfil your dreams!"
"The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches."
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