SMickey
 
Reply Fri 10 Jul, 2015 02:58 am
I got to hear a song 'Stronger' by Kelly Clarkson.
The song was great and I wanted to know what the lyrics are all about.

Here's part of it.

You heard that I was starting over with someone new.
They told you I was moving on; over you.
You didn't think that I'd come back.
I'd come back swinging.
You try to break me, but you see.

What caught my eyes was this : I'd come back swinging.
It was translated into Korean : I'd come back great.

Guessing 'swinging' is somewhat like 'great', I entered 'swinging'
to learn more meaning of it.

Interestingly though, what I got was that 'swing' is
to have open, promiscuity with a select group of partners, who "swing" eachother's wives and girlfriends back and forth to other people.
( http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=swing )

I was like, what?
So, 'swinging' from 'I'd come back swinging' has something to with sex?

Does the expression, 'I'd come back swinging' usually remind native speakers of sexual stuff?
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Reply Fri 10 Jul, 2015 05:12 am
@SMickey,
SMickey wrote:

So, 'swinging' from 'I'd come back swinging' has something to with sex?

Does the expression, 'I'd come back swinging' usually remind native speakers of sexual stuff?

No, more like boxing. "Come back swinging" means to rebound from a hardship with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
SMickey
 
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Reply Sun 12 Jul, 2015 11:02 am
@engineer,
Oh I see. So it's got something to do with the ability to recover from a defeat or loss - resilience. Thank you Engineer. It helped a lot.
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Reply Sun 12 Jul, 2015 01:24 pm
@SMickey,

Yes. If a boxer has received a heavy blow, but then responds with a flurry of blows of his own, then he has "come back swinging" (punches)
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Reply Tue 14 Jul, 2015 02:58 am
@McTag,
Well, it might be used to as a metaphor to refer to a person
who always gets beaten and comes back, never giving up, I assume.
Thank you Mc Tag.
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