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Originally Posted by ivygreen Could you teach me this sentence meaning? "Give the guy the benefit of the doubt. (He might have caught a cold.)"
<situation>: Two people are talking about their co-worker who
absented from the work for a few days without saying anything.
The speakers are guessing the possible bad reasons about him.
Then one of the speakers said the sentence above. |
It means that this speaker is speaking in defense of the co-worker.
No one at this point knows why the co-worker is missing. So the speaker is saying that they should not assume that the co-worker is doing something they should not. It is not fair to do so without evidence. So they should assume that he has a good reason for staying away, until proven otherwise.