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Has Carlos sided with the merlin against Harry
Dina:
Ah, that is what i thought. Thank you!
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 26, 2024, 10:55:11 PM --- Essentially a kangaroo court is a mock court, a set up with the verdict predetermined by those doing the trying.
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Yeah, what she said.
Predetermined result, going through the motions for show (PR, spin-control, etc).
(I note that "mock" court/trial also has another meaning: a "practice" trial or other not-real event; but without any legal weight, either: a "kangaroo court" usually carries the implication of there being genuine consequences following the "conviction." So calling it a "mock" trial doesn't necessarily distinguish between the innocuous "only for practice" trial and the malign "only for show, but with real consequences" trial).
Dina:
Thank you both. It is a funny idiom.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Dina on July 28, 2024, 07:58:49 PM ---Thank you both. It is a funny idiom.
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Idioms often are!
"Raining cats and dogs."
"Pulling my leg."
"Going cold turkey."
etc.
Dina:
Indeed!
You have not idea how confusing it is for me with some of those. By the way. We have an idiom very similar in meaning to "pulling my leg" but it would translate as "pulling the hair". It is a little more complicated, because if you actually pull someone by grabbing their hair, that would be "tirar del pelo", but the idiom for when someone is pranking you is "tomar el pelo", which is...softer. Like taking someone hair in your hand but not actually pulling it. But anyways, it is about hair and not legs.
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