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Could you please paraphrase the underlined part in the following quotation:

"There may a judge out there stupid enough to emancipate you but until you find him I retain all my parental rights. One of which is to ground your sorry behind until kingdom come."
 

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Could you please paraphrase the underlined part in the following quotation:

"There may a judge out there stupid enough to emancipate you but until you find him I retain all my parental rights. One of which is to ground your sorry behind until kingdom come."
If parents 'ground' a child, they will not allow him/her to go out in his/her free time.
'your sorry behind' = you
'until kingdom come' = for ever.

so:
You will not be allowed out for the rest of your life.
 

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Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation!
 

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Could you please paraphrase the underlined part in the following quotation:

"There may a judge out there stupid enough to emancipate you but until you find him I retain all my parental rights. One of which is to ground your sorry behind until kingdom come."

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) You probably already know this, but "behind" in this sentence

is referring to the "buttocks." For example, sometimes an angry

person might say:

Get out of here, or I'm going to kick you in your behind.

(2) And "sorry" in your sentence means something like "pathetic"

or "pitiful."
 

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Just to add to TheParser's helpful comments, such expressions as "your adjective ****" (when the asterisks represent some term for buttocks that might be considered offensive by some) is often used jocularly or offensively for 'you'.
 
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