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likewise "taking your ball and going home" is often a way to shame people into continuing to play on a field that favours you over them.
by zem 14y ago
likewise "taking your ball and going home" is often a way to shame people into continuing to play on a field that favours you over them.
- tedunangst 14y agoDepends on context. I sometimes think of the connotation as the person taking the ball away is the one making unreasonable demands and using the threat of spoiling the game for everyone to get their way.