APAD: I wouldn't give him the time of day.

Meaning:

The person is unimportant to me/I treat him with contempt

 

Background:

It appears that this expression originated some time in the mid-twentieth

century. It can be found in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mocking Bird (1960): "Mr

Ewell seemed determined not to give the defense the time of day."

 

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Classics try my patience, I found over the years, and never finished the famous

novel. I'll give it another go, someday. Meanwhile, it's good to learn the quote.

Now I can play with a longer and less pointed version of "snub" or "ignore" when

they are called for which sounds like a line from a Clint Eastwood movie.

 

Taleb must have many that he wouldn't give the time of day to, maybe even

including the author of To Kill A Mocking Bird, as he said

 

   Read nothing from the past one hundred years; eat no fruits from the past one

   thousand years; drink nothing from the past four thousand years (just wine

   and water); but talk to no ordinary man over forty. A man without a heroic

   bent starts dying at the age of thirty.

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• I dont care what she thinks, coz I dont think of her at all. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 09:28:50

• 惠特尼休斯顿曾对媒体这样说玛丽亚凯莉。她这么说明显外强中干，玛丽亚凯莉比她年轻6岁，年轻貌美实力爆表已然有一姐之相 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 09:34:24

• Right. It's hard to ignore rivals tho some claim they do. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 10:17:13

• 占位点赞。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 10:40:32

• The quotes from Harper Lee's To Kill A Mocking Bird (1960) -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 11:56:57

• is very impressvie. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (1626 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 11:59:57

• 不读过去一百年的书；不吃过去一千年的水果；不喝过去四千年的酒（只喝酒 ，不吃过去一千年的水果；不喝过去四千年的酒） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 12:01:26

• Thanks. Translation's not an easy thing :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 12:31:16

• No. This is Taleb. Sorry for the confusion. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 12:33:47

• 过节还学习啊～～新年快乐！ -唐歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 12:14:26

• 新年快乐! Looking forward to more Teresa Deng songs from you. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 12:32:33

• 赞认真学习态度，新年快乐！ -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 13:04:00

• Thank you! 新年快乐！ -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 13:52:12

• 漏掉了. I would give you my time,my old friend：））新年快乐！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 14:19:11

• Have fun, my friend. 新年快乐！ -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 14:37:01

• 学习了。 Happy New year! -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 15:56:54

• Happy New Year, 白云! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 16:27:48

• Happy New Year! I would give APAD the time of day :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/31/2023 postreply 23:20:01

• Happy New Year！ -古树羽音- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/01/2024 postreply 01:33:07