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[hiromichi]

I do not understaand why a parent screaming at a kid makes you want to scrawl under the bleachers. What action is it?

It is not the first time that the city has tried to teach children — and their parents — how to behave in public. Under a code of conduct mandated by the Council since 2003, parents can be ejected from Little League games for unsportsmanlike behavior and allowed to return only after taking an anger-management class.

"There's nothing that makes you want to crawl under the bleachers faster than some parent screaming at a kid — even their own kid — in an abusive manner," said Councilman Lewis A. Fidler, of Brooklyn, who sponsored that law.
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Hiromichi

[Mister Micawber]

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Crawl under the bleachers-- the precise meaning is difficult to judge, since it is a coined metaphor, but either hide because of embarrassment or leave the vicinity. It depends on a further explanation in the context by the councilman speaking.
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[hiromichi]

Mister Micawber, Now I can understand and rest in peace. Thank you.
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Hiromichi