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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"



 
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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack" #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 30, 2007 19:52 pm   usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"		  
Hi,

Could you tell me which of the sentences below sound right to your ear, please?
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1. If you get into trouble again I won't cut you any slack
2. I cut him some slack when he screwed the project up
3. Will you cut me any slack if I screw this up?
4. I will cut you no slack !


Or it might so happen that none of those is natural. Then I'd appreciate your examples.
Thanks!

PS: Ops, it seems that I posted it in the wrong lounge... I'm sorry.
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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack" #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:23 am   usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"		  
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They are all OK, LS. The only one I would quibble with is #4: the style ('I will...no..') is overly formal for the casual idiom ('cut...slack').
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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack" #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:41 am   usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"		  
Thank you, MM !
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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack" #4 (permalink) Sat Dec 01, 2007 17:54 pm   usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"		  
Could you please explain to me the meaning of "to cut someone some slack"? I read the examples above, and looked it up on the Internet but I don't understand it! Could you give me some other common examples where this idiom is used?
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usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack" #5 (permalink) Sat Dec 01, 2007 18:00 pm   usage of the idiom "cut somebody some slack"		  
It means, to go easy on someone, not to reprimand someone too harsh for his faults/mistakes

A good example of its usage is in the song "what happened to you" by the offpring. The song is about a guy who is rebuking the other guy for his excessive drinking:
Quote:
I might be sympathetic, or cut a little slack
I thought that you were willing to give a little back
But you do it in the morning, you do it in the night
You lie to refrain from just facing your life


I just heard it on that song and it was so unusual to me and after looking it up I was wondering how to use it in a sentence until MM cleared my doubts
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