It possibly means a similar thing to such expressions as:Thank you very much for your post. But I think some how it has different meaning. It is something related to pride, arrogance. But I don't know what exactelly it is. But thanks anyway.
It is not clear, to me at least, exactly what is meant here:There is one song by Dire Straits called "News" that uses this expression. I have a slight clue what it is about (someones pride), but I'm not sure about that and I would like to know the real meaning of it.
I've never heard the expression. I agree with fivejedjon that it could mean the same as his suggestions in post #5.Dear Tdol, this is an expression I heard in England and the shoes come within it. There is one song by Dire Straits called "News" that uses this expression. I have a slight clue what it is about (someones pride), but I'm not sure about that and I would like to know the real meaning of it.
I have a slight clue what it is about (someones pride), but I'm not sure about that and I would like to know the real meaning of it.
See post #2."take the shine off the apple". What is the meaning behind that? what does it want to say?
in my opinion(not a teacher) not so, in the following example:I think somehow almost all the exemples you gave have the same idea of the meaning of the sentence stated.
The suggestions made in posts #2,5,10,13 and 15 don't support this idea.I think the song tries to show that he is too much confident. So confident that even his wife calls him crazy. So confident, that he is gambling with his life. This excess of confidence might be considered arrogance. When someone thinks that he is so much better than the others, he is probably arrogant.
but we'll never know for sure - unless the songwriter, Mark Knopfler writes in to tell us.