the idiom... stabbed them in the back?
2007-03-14 08:03:56 · 5 answers · asked by Mila 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i think it means to hurt someone without them having any prior knowledge or reason to belive ur gona hurt them...like if you were to be stabbed in the back,you'd be turned away from the person, therefore, not expecting to be hurt.
2007-03-14 08:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Pictsy♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually has to do with the concept of betrayal.
For example, Hitler claimed that Germany lost WWI because it had been "stabbed in the back" by incompetent military officers.
"Stabbed in the back" may have had resonance with Germany citizens who may have known some Germanic mythology in which the archetypal hero Sigfried is laid low by a "stab in the back" from a supposed friend.
2007-03-14 15:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Et tu Brute?
I think it has several meanings, but betrayal is how I view it personally.
2007-03-14 15:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by monkey tuesday 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to betray someone.
2007-03-14 15:34:37 · answer #4 · answered by alybr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to betray someone :)
2007-03-14 15:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by searching_please 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋