Meaning of “…went bad as bad as you can go”
In the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hagrid says: "A few years ago there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go." What does "went bad as bad as you can go" mean? Why does he say "as bad as you can go"?
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In the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hagrid says: "A few years ago there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go." What does "went bad as bad as you can go" mean? Why does he say "as bad as you can go"?
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In the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hagrid says: "A few years ago there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go." What does "went bad as bad as you can go" mean? Why does he say "as bad as you can go"?
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Went is the past of go, in all its senses.
Went bad is the past of go bad (= become bad, colloquially)
So Went as bad as you can go = became as bad as it is possible to become.
You here is an indefinite pronoun, equivalent to one, (but much more common than one in everyday speech)
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And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
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Went is the past of go, in all its senses.
Went bad is the past of go bad (= become bad, colloquially)
So Went as bad as you can go = became as bad as it is possible to become.
You here is an indefinite pronoun, equivalent to one, (but much more common than one in everyday speech)
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
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And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
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Went is the past of go, in all its senses.
Went bad is the past of go bad (= become bad, colloquially)
So Went as bad as you can go = became as bad as it is possible to become.
You here is an indefinite pronoun, equivalent to one, (but much more common than one in everyday speech)
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
65k175161
And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
add a comment |
Went is the past of go, in all its senses.
Went bad is the past of go bad (= become bad, colloquially)
So Went as bad as you can go = became as bad as it is possible to become.
You here is an indefinite pronoun, equivalent to one, (but much more common than one in everyday speech)
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
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Went is the past of go, in all its senses.
Went bad is the past of go bad (= become bad, colloquially)
So Went as bad as you can go = became as bad as it is possible to become.
You here is an indefinite pronoun, equivalent to one, (but much more common than one in everyday speech)
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
65k175161
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
65k175161
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
65k175161
answered 13 mins ago
Colin FineColin Fine
65k175161
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And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
add a comment |
And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
And understand that "go bad"/"went bad" is an idiom, as when bananas go bad and turn black.
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
add a comment |
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