"And anyway- our lil'ole tragedy just got shot off its damn perch."
(the word "lil" is the abbreviation for what?Is the "shot off its damn perch" an idiom, if yes, what does it mean?)
2007-04-21 21:08:52 · 7 answers · asked by ROYA R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
you better know that a tragedy happens in their town, a massacre
2007-04-21 21:51:48 · update #1
lil is a truncation of little. Shot off its damn perch can mean either it ceased happening or was made worse. I am not sure which.
2007-04-21 21:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lil' is an abbreviation for "little". "Shot off its damn perch" means that it has been stopped abruptly.
2007-04-21 21:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lil means little. When someone says "xxx off its yyy perch" it means that it has fallen off of its place - usually an elevated or resting place. xxx can be knocked, pushed, shot. yyy can be any adjective and in this case an emphatic one.
2007-04-21 21:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you stop talking because it is just a simple matter like a birds nest. or fresh water fish.
jtm
2007-04-21 21:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The little problem they had just got bigger???
2007-04-21 21:13:32 · answer #5 · answered by Lolipop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FROM EDGATR ALLAN POE, QUOTE THE RAVEN NEVER MORE.
2007-04-21 21:11:54 · answer #6 · answered by faked z 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LITTLE
2007-04-21 21:13:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋