what does the phrase "the harder they come, the harder they fall" mean?

Question

I think I know, but I'm not sure

It's DEFINITELY the harder they come, the harder they fall.

Answer 1

The saying is," The bigger they are, the harder they fall." This basically means that the higher one goes, the longer the drop. A current example is the execution of Saddam Hussein. His death has more news value and is generally seen as more important than the death of an average Iraqi because of the position of power that he had. Both people are dead, but there is more noise over one.

Answer 2

Artist: Jimmy Cliff Lyrics
Song: The Bigger They Come The Harder They Fall Lyrics
Well they tell me
There’s a pie in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day
You're born and when you die
Oh Lord, they never
Seem to hear even your cry

And as sure as the sun will shine
I’m gonna get my share of what’s mine
And then


The harder they come
The harder they fall
One and all
Oh the harder they come
The harder they fall

Well the oppressors are trying
To get me down, trying to drive me
Under the ground, and they think
That they have got their battle won
I say: "forgive 'em Lord
They no not what they’ve done"

And as sure as the sun will shine
I’m gonna get my share of what’s mine
And then


And I keep on fighting for
The things I want, though I know
That when you’re dead, man you're gone
But I’d rather be a free man in my grave
Oh, than living like a puppet or a slave

And as sure as the sun will shine
I’m gonna get my share of what’s mine
And then

Answer 3

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The link given by bcheng3 actually contained almost a solution. I'll extend the explanation a bit. Let's assume a >= b >= c >= d. This is without loss of generality. Then lcm = a+b+c+d <= 4*a. Since each of a, b, c and d must divide the lcm, specially for a this gives that lcm = one of a, 2a, 3a or 4a. Let lcm = a. This implies b+c+d = 0, which is impossible. Let lcm = 3a. Then it is divisible by 3 obviously, and so is the product abcd, since it is divisible by the lcm. Let lcm = 4a. Then the only possibility is b=c=d=a. The least common multiple of four same numbers is again a, which is in contradiction with lcm = 4a and a > 0. I'd expect the continuation to look approximately like this: Let finally lcm = 2a. Then b + c + d = a. This means a <= 3b and lcm <= 6b. As lcm must be divisible by b, it must be b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, or 6b. Using the same arguments as above, we get lcm = b or 2b are impossible due to the given inequalities. lcm = 3b would mean abcd is divisible by 3. lcm = 5b would mean abcd is divisible by 5. lcm = 6b implies b=c=d and a=3b, so the lcm would be 3b, which is contradiction. So the worst case is now lcm = 2a = 4b. We'll rewrite a+b+c+d = 2b+b+c+d = 3b+c+d = 4b, thus b = c+d, a = 2(c+d) and lcm = 4(c+d). Again, divisibility by c and the condition c >= d bound this to integer multiplies of c up to 8c. Last time repeating the same argument, we'll cross out c, 2c, 3c and 4c due to the inequalities 5c and 6c give the correct result (divisibility of abcd by 5, and 3, respectively) 8c leads to contradiction Only one possibility remains: lcm = 2a = 4b = 7c. This allows to write a = 7/2*c and b = 7/4*c. Adding, lcm = 25/4*c + d = 7c => d = 3/4*c. Of course, c must be divisible by 4, but then d divisible by 3, making divisible by 3 the product abcd. Huh—this was long. Very possibly straighter ways exist. But it is a proof anyway, isn't it? [EDIT] There was a huge error in this place... The rest is OK, but I had a wrong example. Thanks the user B.Sc. Math for noticing!! Edit: I can see that my explanation is EXACTLY the same as the official solution Dannix posted :-D However, I swear I found it independently! The only idea I used in the beginning was the hint from bcheng3's link (which is also easy to come up with alone). Let this serve as an indication that it's probably the optimal way.

Answer 4

The Harder They Come Lyrics

Answer 5

It's similar to the top answer, but it's more like "the harder they come (at you), the harder they fall". It's a song title by Jimmy Cliff, also made into a movie.

Answer 6

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what does the phrase "the harder they come, the harder they fall" mean?
I think I know, but I'm not sure

Answer 7

I don't know what is that because what I know there are a phrase like this "the higher you climb, the harder you fall"...

Answer 8

I believe it is "the bigger they are the harder they fall" Which means that it is self explanatory.

Answer 9

Like Dr. Know It All said, it s more like "bring it on". I m gonna get what s coming to me. You wanna test me, you ll get put down. Badass lyrics.