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- 01-Dec-2011, 07:32 #1
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I was framed for "to be jailed" Can "be framed" ever mean "to be jailed"? As I know, it's only related to false charge or "to be set up", but if it can mean "to be imprisoned", please let me know.
ex) 3 Little Pigs...
...The news reporters found out about the two pigs I had for dinner. They figured a sick guy going to borrow a cup of sugar didn't sound very exciting. So they jazzed up the stroy with all of that "Huff and puff and blow your house down". And they made me the Big Bad Wolf.
That's it. The real story. I was framed. But maybe you could loan me a cup of sugar.
- 01-Dec-2011, 07:37 #2
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Teacher Re: I was framed for "to be jailed" You may be jailed as a result of being framed, but 'being framed' does not, in itself, mean 'being jailed'.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 06-Dec-2011, 07:45 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: I was framed for "to be jailed" In this case, doesn't it definitely mean "to get a false charge"? There are other interpretations, but I bet it is "to be set up", right?
Originally Posted by keannu 
- 06-Dec-2011, 13:49 #4
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Re: I was framed for "to be jailed" Someone else deliberately created a situation when he looked guilty.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
- 06-Dec-2011, 18:07 #5
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Teacher Re: I was framed for "to be jailed" It doesn't have to result in a legal charge. Originally Posted by keannu
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