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	Anonymous  #430887  Mon, 15 Oct 07 01:01 AM What does 'never say die.' mean? When do you use this phrase? There is a song titled 'Never say die', which is the theme song of the movie 'Iron Eagle'. Does the phrase have anything to do with the military?    Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  #430913  Mon, 15 Oct 07 03:09 AM It means "don't give up." You can see how someone fighting a battle would want to encourage their comrades to not give up?    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Pennsylvania, USA Veteran Member (15,589) Barbara, who answers in American English.

	Anonymous  #430937  Mon, 15 Oct 07 05:49 AM Thank you for your reppy, GG. By the way, I also often hear 'Never say never.'. Does this mean the same as 'Never say die.' or 'Don't give up.'?    Anonymous

	Ti:ʧə  #431028  Mon, 15 Oct 07 02:04 PM  Anonymous wrote: Thank you for your reppy, GG. By the way, I also often hear 'Never say never.'. Does this mean the same as 'Never say die.' or 'Don't give up.'? Similar, but it's closer to "nothing's impossible".        Ti:ʧə Joined on Wed, Oct 10 2007 New Member (39)

	Grammar Geek  #431045  Mon, 15 Oct 07 02:39 PM It means that no matter how certain you think something is, sometimes things turn out differently or people may change.    Grammar Geek

	Marius Hancu  #431639  Wed, 17 Oct 07 02:59 AM Never say never IMO: things may happen, although you said they would never happen things may happen, which you said would never happen    Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Montreal, Canada Veteran Member (11,673)