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Caroline Tran
2021-03-14 08:03
Read em and weep phrase informal
Hey, I scored 100! Read ’em and weep. As a result, you laughed at me yesterday!
Read em and weep - I win!
To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat
a joke, idea, or suggestion falls flat, meaning that it does not achieve the intended effect.
To begin to decline or deteriorate decline; to get worse very quickly
The phrase is believed to derive from the card game poker and is first seen in the early 20th century.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
