Anna
What does "It's not on me to let you do anything?" mean? I know every words' meanings in this sentence, but put them together, I have no idea! Especially "on”, what does "on" mean in this sentence? Thanks for your time!I just found it from an American TV show, I can't understand what does it mean!
2010年5月14日 13:49
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In this case "it's not on me" means something like ' it's not my decision' . 'It's not my decision to let you do anything' =)
2010年5月14日
kinda weird sentence... although "i'ts on me" may mean "It's my responsibility" or "It's my call", I'm not pretty sure of these phrase were correctly used in your paragraph. I think "It's not on me to let you do anything." may imply that the speaker is not the one to asked for the doer's action. It may answer the question : "why are you asking me?" :)
2010年5月15日
Yes, it's a bit unusual to the Aussie ear. :) I'd understand it as, "the responsibility (=it) is not on me."
2010年5月15日
Agreed with Jennifer :)
2010年5月14日
I guess something like 'it's not up to me', it's (for does) not depend on me'? Or maybe just a typo - 'it's not me to...' incorrect either though. Obviously it's quite colloquial, not formal if you're sure it was said like that - the listener was able to understand this sentence being into the context though.
2010年5月14日
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