keannu
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- South Korea
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Source : https://www.idiomsandslang.com/have-your-back-against-the-wall/
[FONT=굴](Have One’s) Back Against the Wall[/FONT][FONT=굴]Definition: [FONT=바]Have few choices, be cornered[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=바]
[/FONT][FONT=굴]Example: [FONT=바]I’m really sorry I had to lay Jason off, but my back was against the wall—if I didn’t, the company would have shut down our whole division[/FONT][/FONT]
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1.This seems to mean that one is cornered in hot water. Do you use this a lot?
2. The underlined "if I didn't" is used wrong, to indicate a counterfactual conditional, it should be "If I hadn't", right?
[FONT=굴](Have One’s) Back Against the Wall[/FONT][FONT=굴]Definition: [FONT=바]Have few choices, be cornered[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=바]
[/FONT][FONT=굴]Example: [FONT=바]I’m really sorry I had to lay Jason off, but my back was against the wall—if I didn’t, the company would have shut down our whole division[/FONT][/FONT]
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1.This seems to mean that one is cornered in hot water. Do you use this a lot?
2. The underlined "if I didn't" is used wrong, to indicate a counterfactual conditional, it should be "If I hadn't", right?