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| Thread ID: 135092 | 2013-09-24 04:24:00 | Selfless to a fault | learning (5137) | PC World Chat |
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| 1354175 | 2013-09-24 04:24:00 | I have a very silly question. If someone says "you are selfless to a fault" what does that mean? cheers |
learning (5137) | ||
| 1354176 | 2013-09-24 04:32:00 | You're nice. Meaning selfless - opposite of selfish...to an extreme...meaning probably too nice for your own good, likely to be taken advantage of. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1354177 | 2013-09-24 05:04:00 | That expression is praise - anything "to a fault" - extremely, more than is really necessary, in modern idiom it would be "110%". The reference to "a fault" is that if you were any more so you would be over the top. e.g. "generous to a fault" - you're giving away so much that you're on the verge of bankruptcy! But it's only an expression, just as "You're an angel" is an expression. |
coldot (6847) | ||
| 1354178 | 2013-09-24 05:09:00 | That expression is praise - anything "to a fault" - extremely, more than is really necessary, in modern idiom it would be "110%". The reference to "a fault" is that if you were any more so you would be over the top. e.g. "generous to a fault" - you're giving away so much that you're on the verge of bankruptcy! But it's only an expression, just as "You're an angel" is an expression. Thanks guys :) |
learning (5137) | ||
| 1354179 | 2013-09-24 05:50:00 | I have a very silly question. If someone says "you are selfless to a fault" what does that mean? cheers Did a chick say this to you? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1354180 | 2013-09-24 10:42:00 | It means you were probably not talking your mother-in-law. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1354181 | 2013-09-24 20:51:00 | I find it funny that there are so many unpaired opposites. You can be disgruntled, unruly, unwieldy, dishevelled and unkempt, but rarely is someone gruntled, ruly, wieldy, hevelled and kempt. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1354182 | 2013-09-25 04:43:00 | However, it is easy to find flammable and inflammable fluids in the same container. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1354183 | 2013-09-26 10:19:00 | However, it is easy to find flammable and inflammable fluids in the same container. ;) That...that is very clever!! Thankyou, will file away. I'm totally gruntled now. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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