What does it mean?
2007-03-18 21:31:01 · 8 answers · asked by Omar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
When I hear this it is usually in a working environment. I'm in the military so when I hear this it is usually a higher ranking person telling a lower ranking person. It's like me telling you "who in the heck is going to believe you." Somebody who is more credible in society is going to get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to telling the truth about something than a lower ranking peer. I hope I'm making some kind of sense hear. Maybe somebody could explain it in better words.
2007-03-18 21:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by montana16niner 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think Montana1 is right. Way to a hearing, a high rank person may say, is your word against mine, meaning that the word of the high rank guy will be more believable than the word of his counterpart.
2007-03-19 05:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone ( a judge, employer, friend, WIFE, mother in law, anybody) will decide who is telling the truth, in a case lacking a third party or witness. Something happened that you and another person were involved in, say a car accident. Your word is your
version, which will be weighed or judged against the other guys story, or version of "what happened". (backed by your reputation, social rank, color, race, clothes,money, status, a BADGE and GUN)
2014-01-23 11:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by mark t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the person you are speaking to has come to thier own conclusion that is different from yours. Essentially, disagreement.
If its some special case evidence thing like two people are reporting to another source than there are two words about an event and how each perceived it.
2007-03-19 04:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means no one saw what happened , therefore its one person's statement compared with the other person's statement. Not the best explanation but I hope thatmakes sense to you.
2007-03-19 04:37:53 · answer #5 · answered by Im Listening 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that the implication of this statement is that my view or opinion is more valid or credible than yours. But, hey, it's my word against yours. :-)
2007-03-19 05:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by mircea m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say one thing, the other man says the opposite, and people have to decide who to believe; neither can actually prove anything.
2007-03-19 05:12:50 · answer #7 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it is my argument against your argument.
2007-03-19 04:36:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋