italki - Hi! What does "to lie down in a ditch to defend it? Is it an idiom? The context is in here: "I was w

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Hi! What does "to lie down in a ditch to defend it? Is it an idiom? The context is in here: "I was willing to lie down in a ditch to defend it - I was adamant that it would be in there. And the whole text is in this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-11205395

3 sept. 2014 09:02

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No, it's not an idiom exactly, it's more an exaggerated way of speaking. It means he was willing to do almost anything to defend it.

3 septembre 2014

Tal vez él se está refiriendo a los combates de trincheras en Europa durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Tal vez él quiere decir que él nunca habría abandonado la lucha en apoyo de la invención del niño.

3 septembre 2014

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