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Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through'



 
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Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through' #1 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 19:07 pm   Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through'
 

I'm reading harry potter 6. I'm a native spanish speaker. can someone help me understand this expression: 'im Dumbledore's man, THROUGH AND THROUGH'.

i have a good idea, but i would like the real meaning
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To the backbone #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 20:03 pm   To the backbone
 

'Through and through' means 'completely', 'to the core', 'to the backbone' or, as we say in Spanish, 'to the marrow' (hasta la m?dula) :) !
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