I can't stand you.

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queeniech

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If a child is very naughty. When the child is misbehaving, is it natural for us to say "I can't stand you."?

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NO!

I don't like the way you are behaving at all right now!
Your behavior is making me very angry!

But not "I hate you" (which is what "I can't stand you" means). That's a horrible thing to say to a child!
 

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NO!

I don't like the way you are behaving at all right now!
Your behavior is making me very angry!

But not "I hate you" (which is what "I can't stand you" means). That's a horrible thing to say to a child!

Thanks Barb_D

I'm sorry. I don't know "I can't stand you" means "I hate you". I read the following context from "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingways.

He was a ligitmate hereo who bored everyone. Catherine could not stand him.

Some people would say "I can't stand it". I thought that "I can't stand you" has similiar meaning.
 
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I cannot abide it. I cannot bear it. Experiencing this is more than I am able to accept.
 
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