2007-05-22 17:15:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It implies redemption or forgiveness for a certain act or deed.
"My wife is so upset that I cheated on her - she'll never let me live it down" (ie, she'll never forgive him for it or never let him forget it)
"I can't believe I didn't take that job - I'll never live it down" (he'll never forgive himself or forget about it)
2007-05-22 17:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree that 'live recording' is an oxyoron. It is merely shorthand for 'this recording was made at a concert at which there was an audience' But, I agree, concert recording would be a better expression. I tend to avoid recordings of opera, incidentally, that are made in an opera house, during an actual performance, as they can be overpowered by crashing and thumping as the performers move about. Recordings of concerts aren't so bad, except that audiences these days seem to applaud before the last notes die away (having just listened to a, hmmmm, live recording, from last year's Proms) I love being an old curmudgeon. On BBC boards I have the id 'Victorsbrother'.....
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Not being a deep thinker myself, questions like this tend to confuse and frustrate me. I am still pondering which came first, the chicken or the egg or the rooster. It does seem to me that one needs to have a live performance in order to make a recording, otherwise where would the recording come from?
2016-03-27 05:04:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means something happened to a certain person and they will have to live with the outcome of a bad thing happening to them! and by chance it will be forgotton later in years...
2007-05-22 17:25:03 · answer #5 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say you pee you pants in front of others. If you live longer than your friends remember that situation, you have lived something down.
2007-05-22 17:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by grannywinkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means basically that you have to live long enough for people to forget about what you've done.
2007-05-22 17:18:19 · answer #7 · answered by Colleen S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
live something down is doing some absolutely stupid or embarrassing thing that will follow you forever and people will always think of you when they remember what you did
2007-05-22 17:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by WORKING OLDER SMARTER BLONDE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means to live while something is being told or known about you it could be an embarrassment,mistake or something awful.
2007-05-22 17:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Butterflied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means u or no one will ever forget something bad u did or said
2007-05-22 17:19:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋