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hereinbeijing
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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: the meaning of "defeats the purpose" |
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| How would you explain the meaning of the phrase "defeats the purpose" ? |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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"I'd give my eyes to see Monte (Carlo)."
Wasn't that a line from the boorish employer in the early pages of Rebecca?
Anyway, the first illustration of the phrase that sprang to my - possibly rather weird-  mind |
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spiral78
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Ah, the quote's 'Most girls would give their eyes to see Monte.' Sorry for inaccuracy and weirdness 
Daphne DuMaurier.
DeWinter's comeback "Wouldn't that rather defeat the purpose?" |
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Mia Xanthi
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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Location: why is my heart still in the Middle East while the rest of me isn't?
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Coming to Saudi Arabia to save money, but spending thousands each and every break on a vacation to get out because you can't stand KSA.
(Same for trips over the causeway on the weekends  ) |
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freesoul
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| To prevent the success of something e.g. Internal conflict defeats the purpose of teamwork. |
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Sheikh N Bake
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Spending two or three decades saving money in the KSA so that you can live a good life later defeats the purpose...obviously, you've just spent two or three decades in prison. |
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rigel
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| Mia Xanthi wrote: |
Coming to Saudi Arabia to save money, but spending thousands each and every break on a vacation to get out because you can't stand KSA.
(Same for trips over the causeway on the weekends ) |
Perfect explanation. |
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007
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
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Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
| Spending two or three decades saving money in the KSA so that you can live a good life later defeats the purpose...obviously, you've just spent two or three decades in prison. |
Well, a prison is a prison, regardless if you have spend a decade or a year! Obviously, Sheikh Nano defeated the purpose when he spent a couple of years eating Kabsa and drinking hot camel milk in the big prison, the Magic Kingdom!!
| Some time ago, Sheikh Nano wrote: |
| ..was there for a couple of years, a long time ago. It was a terrible job. In fact, our job was to eat s&%$. And with only one month annual vacation. |
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eclectic
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if its that bad, PLUS it defeats the purpose, wouldn't only a glutton for punishment renew a contract?
MX had the best definition of the OP's term. |
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