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[wangfeel]

Hi,

Nice to find my way back the forum.

I was watching the movie City Hall. A boy was dead. The mayor made a speech to the press...He said.....the body is dropped.

I think that this is just a vivid expression of death, no more.

Am I right?
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[damon@English24/7]

Usually, when somebody talks about dropping a body, they are talking about where the body was left. For example: "The body was dropped in the alley" means "the body was left in the alley."

Damon

[wangfeel]

Thank you very much.

The mayor had been talking about the city, the whole city, where the body was dropped. He didn�t say "where", but he must mean it I suppose.

Thank again.
_________________
"Watch flower flowering and searing
Stay or leave has no sense
Clouds curling and stretching
Like or dislike is no surprising " from old Chinese saying

[damon@English24/7]

I haven`t seen the movie so I can`t confirm that your interpretation is correct, but it seems reasonable. My previous example is probably the most common usage for "drop a body" so I trust that you should be able to infer meaning where usage differs. Maybe someone who knows the movie can weigh-in and answer definatively.

Damon

[LucentShade]

It could also mean that the body has been placed into a grave; that is, it's an old matter, it's already done, there's no need to talk about it any more.