finger-nail black and blue

[GUEST2008]

Hi

Someone describes that sometimes he pretended to be a philosopher and occasionally he hit the nail on the head, but more often [then he used such words] "it's his own finger-nail he leaves black and blue.

--- Does it mean that more often his comments as a would-be philosopher were inaccurate?

[bhaisahab]

Hi

Someone describes that sometimes he pretended to be a philosopher and occasionally he hit the nail on the head, but more often [then he used such words] "it's his own finger-nail he leaves black and blue.

--- Does it mean that more often his comments as a would-be philosopher were inaccurate?

Yes, that's what it means.

[BobK]

He's developing the idea of nails and hammers - quite neat, really.

b

ps - 'black and blue' is an idiomatic phrase that means 'badly bruised'.

[paulmoss]

or it might be that his comments sort of worked against him; like made others laugh at him or something!