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03-30-2003, 12:54 PM
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Lord Soth
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Lyrics of the musical are a little near the knuckle.
What does it mean? My dictionaries don't include it. [ 03-30-2003, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: Vedran ]
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03-30-2003, 01:15 PM
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Iron Throne Cult
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A little extreme is my guess.
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03-30-2003, 01:16 PM
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Ironworks Moderator
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This generally means that they push the boundaries of taste and decency.
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03-30-2003, 01:23 PM
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Symbol of Bane
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Must be a Britishism. We say "near to the bone," but that means the same thing as "cuts too deep," meaning too personal.
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03-30-2003, 01:29 PM
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Jack Burton
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Maybe its a posh thing, 'cos I've never heard that saying either
 Is that Engrish?
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03-30-2003, 02:34 PM
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Lord Soth
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It's from my English book (Upper-Intermediate Student's Book, Oxford University Press).
The phrase is from an interview with Paul Nicholas, who played a part of Jesus in the first-ever production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks.
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