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    Default what does " whose fit you ender up under" mean?

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Bo Xilai’s “Singing Red Songs” is a farce, a show designed specifically to gain him entrance to the Standing Committee. This is Bo Xilai’s “Cultural Revolution”! He is a despot who makes arbitrary decisions, hateful and ruthless. If you going along with him you’ll prosper, go against him and you’ll perish. He always forces his subordinates to use any means possible to do all kinds of unspeakable things on his behalf. If you don’t comply you are dealt with ruthlessly. He treats people like chewing gum: after a little chew, he just throws you away, and he doesn’t care whose fit you ender up under.

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    Default Re: what does " whose fit you ender up under" mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by NewHopeR View Post
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Bo Xilai’s “Singing Red Songs” is a farce, a show designed specifically to gain him entrance to the Standing Committee. This is Bo Xilai’s “Cultural Revolution”! He is a despot who makes arbitrary decisions, hateful and ruthless. If you going along with him you’ll prosper, go against him and you’ll perish. He always forces his subordinates to use any means possible to do all kinds of unspeakable things on his behalf. If you don’t comply you are dealt with ruthlessly. He treats people like chewing gum: after a little chew, he just throws you away, and he doesn’t care whose fit you ender up under.

    I think it's meant to say "he doesn't care whose feet you end up under" after he has spat you out like used chewing gum.

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    Default Re: what does " whose fit you ender up under" mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by emsr2d2 View Post
    I think it's meant to say "he doesn't care whose feet you end up under" after he has spat you out like used chewing gum.
    Thank you.

    Does "whose feet you end up under" mean "how miserable you will be"?

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    Default Re: what does " whose fit you ender up under" mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by NewHopeR View Post
    Thank you.

    Does "whose feet you end up under" mean "how miserable you will be"?
    Not really. It's a metaphor. You are a piece of chewing gum and he spits you out and doesn't care where you land.
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