i am still not clear about the idiom 'staring down the barrel'?

Question

another word is' looking down the barrel 'some people tried to help me but of no use hope somebody finds appropriate and sound answer alongwith the origin of this idiom.

Answer 1

You may be referring to "staring down the barrel of a GUN." Since this is a good way to get hit by a bullet, staring down the barrel of a gun figuratively means that you are in a very dangerous situation.

Answer 2

Staring Down The Barrel

Answer 3

Staring down the barrle of a "gun" is the saying. It does come from the legends of the wild west. It also means that 'staring down the barrel' is when you might be a in a bit of a jam or trouble and you dont know how to get out of it. A good example is having a hard deadline at work for a specific project and it's down to the last minute, (staring down the barrel of the gun) and you come up with the solution.

Answer 4

I will try to clear this for you. I anwered one similar the other night for a girl and she picked me as having the best answer. So her I go. An idiom is a phrasae established by usage whose meaning is not literally basaed on the words used. It is a form or manner of expression chaaracteristic of paaticular language. . An example of this is: Pull one's leg. It doesn't really mean that you are pulling a leg. Just that the expression is like you are pulling a leg or joking with. Another example is Talking to a brick wall. Well you are not talking to a brick wall, but the person you are talking to doesn't understand you, so they say it is like talking to a brick wall. Telling someone to go play in the road doesn't mean you want them to play in the road, you just want him/ her to go away. I have never heard of staring down the barrel. Unless, it mean to look down the barrel of a gun, which I think would mean the person is looking to be killed, doing something dangerous. That is about all I can tell you. The orgin of this word (odiom) came from the Greek.idios which I think means foolish. As the above statements are foolish. Hope you get this. Good Luck.

Answer 5

God forbid that you ever 'stare down a barrell' as you will probably be the victim of an armed robbery or you are a suspect detained by an armed police officer. When someone points a gun at you, you do not see his face, his body, the background or anything else - you only see the barrell of the gun he/she is holding. Not only that but your eyes literally start into the barrell. Frightening thought don't you think..................

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i am still not clear about the idiom 'staring down the barrel'?
another word is' looking down the barrel 'some people tried to help me but of no use hope somebody finds appropriate and sound answer alongwith the origin of this idiom.

Answer 7

It means making a decision about something while under extreme pressure, or when confronted by someone. In the old west, things were settled with guns. If someone was pointing a gun at you, you were "looking down the barrel" (of the gun, while it was pointed at your head) You had to come up with something, or some answer right quick, or boom.

Answer 8

In American lore it has a rather amusing meaning. It refers to staring down the barrel of a gun. An irate father might cause his daughters suitor to be looking down the barrel of a gun! Especially if he does not approve of the fellow! That is ususally the context of that phrase.

Answer 9

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Because we don't want to submit to His will. We think when we are lost in sin that we can deal with our own lives just fine without His help or anyone elses. It's only after we let Him in that we realize we have wasted too many years following satan and all he has to offer. I agree with other posters,God IS almighty.

Answer 10

I thought that it also meant that:

"I am right and I am willing to have you point this gun at me, I am willing to DIE for this point of view that I hold!"

Is that not so??