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Backstabber

Date: May 10 2007

Author: phoogoo

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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julito

Argentina

Alice15, hello , glad to get in touch through English, baby

Alice15

France

hello I am french

Alice15

France

hello

Joy4short

Japan

somebody is talking behind your back

AbraCadabraa

Jordan

thanksss <3 really like the lesson ..

thanks 2 u & ur wife =)

ramin145

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

He is always trying to stab her in the back

shad84

United States

whatta good lesson
many thanks big fella

shad84

United States

yea and they'all still pretend to be YOUR FRIENDS..watch out PEOPLE

pink angel

Saudi Arabia

nice way of introducing the topic

i always hear it in t he movie do not stab him in the back which mean betray

but never know the spelling

so thank you very much

hanan2010

Morocco

good.thanks

cindy245437

China

It's miserable for a person to be stabbed in back when she knows nothing.

mugh_vugga

Uruguay

Mrs. VErdin,

Ya know i be taugin bough shim mughvugga mahn shi. I know you be a shighmughvugga - jus from de way you be taugin. Dats wha I be taugin bough! knoi'msain