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Backstabber

May 10 2007

Lesson

My wife, Sayaka (who is Japanese) said she learned the phrase "stabbed in the bacK" yesterday. Can you guess what it means?

stab (someone) in the back

(v.) to betray someone.

Background: stab means to stick someone with a knife so stab in the back is like you are sneaking up behind someone and hurting them. It's NOT a good thing to back stab someone.

Example sentence: "I told Dave not to tell anyone else my secret, but he totally stabbed me in the back and told everyone in school."

Other variations on the word:

backstabber

(n.) Someone who betrays other people.

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05:19 PM May 10 2007 \| Reply
laura2005 United States	good topic

05:19 PM May 10 2007 | Reply

laura2005

United States

good topic

10:20 AM May 11 2007 \| Reply
Mrs.VErdin United States	backstabbers r two tymin hoes…. my girl britt's step sista is a two tymin skank bc… okay britt is preganent fa ha boy kirk welll even though rene new she was preg. she still went sleep wit kirk…u kno dats a hoe!!

10:20 AM May 11 2007 | Reply

Mrs.VErdin

United States

backstabbers r two tymin hoes…. my girl britt's step sista is a two tymin skank bc… okay britt is preganent fa ha boy kirk welll even though rene new she was preg. she still went sleep wit kirk…u kno dats a hoe!!

03:15 PM May 11 2007 \| Reply
phoogoo United States	Mrs.VErdin - RU for real?

03:15 PM May 11 2007 | Reply

phoogoo

United States

Mrs.VErdin - RU for real?

11:19 AM May 12 2007 \| Reply
peacockblue China	Is there any other word or idiom ?

11:19 AM May 12 2007 | Reply

peacockblue

China

Is there any other word or idiom ?

08:47 PM May 12 2007 \| Reply
shapour Iran, Islamic Republic Of	some one who is screw others and not trustable

08:47 PM May 12 2007 | Reply

shapour

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

some one who is screw others and not trustable

02:30 AM May 13 2007 \| Reply
nada161284 Algeria	nice verry nice

02:30 AM May 13 2007 | Reply

nada161284

Algeria

nice verry nice

05:17 AM May 13 2007 \| Reply
simplymay Thailand	We have Frontstabber here in my country, sad..

05:17 AM May 13 2007 | Reply

simplymay

Thailand

We have Frontstabber here in my country, sad..

09:58 AM May 13 2007 \| Reply
Sweetie1801 Georgia	thanks for the new word

09:58 AM May 13 2007 | Reply

Sweetie1801

Georgia

thanks for the new word

02:29 PM May 14 2007 \| Reply
Juve Princess Saudi Arabia	nice word thank you

02:29 PM May 14 2007 | Reply

Juve Princess

Saudi Arabia

nice word

thank you

02:48 PM May 14 2007 \| Reply
phoogoo United States	If you like this lesson, please give it a good rating! Thanks!

02:48 PM May 14 2007 | Reply

phoogoo

United States

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	john United States this is a very common word, but hopefully backstabbers aren't common!
	Jin Ju Kazakhstan
	rainyblue China
	zain15 Saudi Arabia nice
	smiyia China If someone stab you in your back, don't hate him, that is life. Just to be yourself, and don't be a backstabber like him!
	keitaro27 Philippines
	katharsis Turkey commonly used in my country too. so backstabbers are everywhere all around the world! :)
	victor25 Moldova, Republic Of
	Rigoberta Guatemala
	manottoli United States Really great lesson! I have met many "backstabbers" in my life!
	Lidia_partner Brazil interesting
	summerchild Japan nice word
	naazia Pakistan nice word thnx
	~Seniorita~ Russian Federation it's a really good idiom! I'll use it more often now!
	Alessandro_heinrich Brazil can you translate this text into portuguese? My English isn't good.
	BiBoOo Syrian Arab Republic nice one .. thx alot :)
	schemer78@yahoo.com Philippines
	sweet_sweet427 Iran, Islamic Republic Of a nice idiom that we use in our country too by a similar expresion,thanx
	nesti Indonesia that's a very cool expression I ever got