Timeline for What does "come the nut-cutting" mean?
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| May 10 at 18:20 | vote | accept | JConstantine | ||
| May 10 at 17:05 | comment | added | R.M. | Is there any meaning or background to "nut-cutting" specifically? -- That is, is there an explanation why "nut-cutting" is used in this context, and it isn't some other phrase ("come the shearing of the sheep"/"come the donkey-riding"/"come St. Sebastian's call to heaven"/etc.)? | |
| May 10 at 15:56 | comment | added | Derrell Durrett | Not knowing the film, I'm curious if the phrase, "Come the nut-cutting, blood doesn't really mean shit to the big man," is meant to convey that familial relationships aren't "the big man"'s guiding motivation? Also, to my ear, the phrase "come the nut-cutting" doesn't convey contingency of the event, but rather certainty of it being in the future i.e., I would modernize it to "when the time for nut-cutting comes." Does that make more sense, potentially? | |
| May 10 at 12:36 | history | edited | Death-is-the-real-truth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10 at 4:54 | history | answered | Death-is-the-real-truth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |