meaning

**1364** · 24-Aug-2005, 13:58

Hi all;
would you plz tell me the meaning of this term:

" I would have given this man a black eye by now."

B.regards ^ ^
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**Temico** · 24-Aug-2005, 16:55

= "I would have already punched this man in the face by now."

**1364** · 25-Aug-2005, 02:25

Originally Posted by Temico

= "I would have already punched his man in the face by now."

thank you temico so you mean "to give a black eye " means "to punch in the face" am I right?

kind regards

**Temico** · 25-Aug-2005, 10:43

Actually, it is to punch a chap very hard on one of his eyes so that it develops a black ring around it ( =a black eye).

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