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Wed 31 Aug, 2016 07:44 am
Won't somebody please explain to me what a soldier meant by words "I thought I had it" here?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXahHkgDNA
For the time being, I have the following versions:
a) I thought I had managed to fulfil the order.
b) I thought I had the rifle in my hand.
Is there, actually, another meaning?
@Razmysl,
Quote:a) I thought I had managed to fulfil the order.
Apparently I somehow failed in my effort to fulfil it
Quote:b) I thought I had the rifle in my hand.
Thinking back to some other unspecified happening, I vaguely remember it being in my hand
Raz there are probably many others but....
That soldier was played by the immortal Lou Costello, one of America's great cinematic comedians. This is clearly a drill the group was supposed to have practiced before, so when Lou says, "I thought I had it" he means he thought he had gotten that particular maneuver down to where it is now automatic.
It is customary, when teaching someone a complex series of maneuvers, to ask if they "have it". When the person has hit the point where the maneuver is automatic, we day they "have it down pat", or just "they have it".
@Blickers,
I got your idea. Cool! Thank you very much, Blickers!
@dalehileman,
dalehileman, I'm lost in thought.
@Razmysl,
Raz I think you think better'n me
@dalehileman,
I am delighted to meet you. Thanks, dalehileman.
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