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Jenne Phuong
2021-11-04 05:11
Kick ass and take names phrase
The phrase is used in reference to someone or something that is having multiple successes in succession.
To have complete dominance and take control in some situations.
"We got to go play football against the team of that bastard, Johnson." - "Oh yeah! Let's kick ass and take names".
She will kick ass and take names if she is promoted.
He was such an outstanding athlete that he kicked ass and took names in the last round.
The verbs "kick" and "take" should be conjugated according to their tense.
"Kick Ass and Take Names" goes back to the Vietnam War. It's something the guys going into combat would say they were going to do. The "Kick Ass" part means that they were going to win. The "Take Names" part was that they were going to collect the "Dog Tags" or the names of the American soldiers that were killed. Its means that "I'm going to survive. When used properly it means that you are surviving or that you intend to survive.
Do you see anything wrong?
If a person has the devil's own luck, he or she has extremely good luck.
A: Yesterday I won a $10 million lottery jackpot and today I won a car in a draw.
B: You have the devil's own luck.
