Manohonor  +  73262 Thu, 10 Feb 05 02:57 PM Hi, Help required with the following: A man says to another man: "We're surviving this if I have to carry you the whole way." How am I to understand this? I mean, to carry - to hold him with your hands and take somewhere, or to carry - to bear sb, sth? Thanks. Manohonor Joined on Mon, May 17 2004 Russian Federation Full Member 163 Do your best

	CalifJim  +  73265 Thu, 10 Feb 05 03:56 PM If literal, it probably means that he will sling the other man over his shoulder and carry him (hold and take somewhere) like a sack of potatoes! Maybe the man being carried is wounded or sick, for example. If figurative, it probably means that he will do most of the work for the two of them in order to succeed at the task that faces them. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,391 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Mister Micawber  +  73270 Thu, 10 Feb 05 04:13 PM Samwise is speaking to Frodo, perhaps? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,788 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Mister Micawber  +  73279 Thu, 10 Feb 05 04:34 PM It is a possible scenario for the quotation, Mano-- a scene from Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Mister Micawber

	Manohonor  +  73284 Thu, 10 Feb 05 04:53 PM Oh, no it isn't. It's from "Alien vs predator", actually. Why don't we get back to the question? Manohonor

	nona the brit  +  73305 Thu, 10 Feb 05 07:21 PM I want to see that movie! In that context I am willing to guess that it means a physical carrying. (of a wounded person?) nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Mister Micawber  +  73347 Fri, 11 Feb 05 02:53 AM A man says to another man: 'We're surviving this if I have to carry you the whole way.' If it's about Alien vs Predator, I think the conversation is about getting out of the theatre. Mister Micawber Conversations