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hiromichi
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 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: absorbing hits and pulling punches |
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Please explain about "absorbing hits and pulling punches"?
The White House is more disciplined and less personality driven, more focused on long-term strategic goals and less consumed by the daily messaging skirmishes with Republicans � even when that means absorbing hits and pulling punches for now.
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educe22
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Basically, I would say it means that the Democrats are going to ignore short term tactical "losses" and concentrate on their long term strategic agenda. It is like a prizefighter willing to absorb jabs that don't hurt him while waiting for an opportunity to deliver a knockout punch.
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Philo Kevetch
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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'messaging skirmish' = critical statements (attacks?)
so - boxing terms used figuratively
'absorb hits' = take/accept the criticism
'pull punches' = refrain from overly agressive responses
Hiromichi - It may help to think of idioms as 'word pictures' - close your eyes and visualize 'pulling' a punch.
May I suggest <<http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com>> Philo |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Philo Kevetch:
Thank you for your answer and suggestion.
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