"It's a good thing the better of us try and fail rather than try at all."
If you guess right then you get the points! Got to be the first one to find it though. And there is no typo in the phrase, I mean it that way.
2007-05-23 11:50:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's not meant to be after a famous line. It's meant to confuse you thats why people who understand this get points, so don't complain about it unless your an idiot.
2007-05-23 12:07:57 · update #1
I think it means that the way to get the 10 points for best/first answer is to type in "thinking" and hit 'submit' and get to be the first answer. Then sit there and think for a while until you actually come up with the right answer, and edit your first post to put in that answer, so it looks like you came up with the right answer in a matter of seconds. Then the question poster will then grant you 10 points for best answer, even though you didn't actually come up with the answer until after numerous people answered!
Am I close?
2007-05-23 11:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by Stiggy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would make more sense if it ended with: "...rather than NOT try at all". If phrased that way, it is similar to "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"
The opening phrase makes me think its meaning aims at all that can be learned from failure, but the end just doesn't fit. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" is a well known saying that already fits that meaning.
Also, saying "the better of us" leaves me wondering who is 'us,' and what are those individuals 'better' at? What is the context of the statement?
2007-05-23 11:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by HearKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is incorrect. The phrase ends "rather than not try at all." The meaning is that to succeed you must at least try, which sometimes leads to failure. You can not succeed if you do not try at all.
2007-05-23 11:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by grimesnotaryserv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is good to try and fail then to not try at all. Because it shows that you accually tried and thats what it's all about not if you fail or not.
2007-05-23 11:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the phrase is ' its better to have tried and failed than to not try at all' and its pretty easy to decipher!! never heard of your version!
2007-05-27 11:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by lilian c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a bad translation in the anime film Naruto.
2007-05-23 11:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Flash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I guess it's saying its better that the majority of us try and fail than nothing at all. I dunno. I'm confused to what the "better" is refering to. Is it better as in literally "better" like upstanding or better in terms of the amount.. lol
2007-05-23 11:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by GIMMEABREAK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
空想的な犬= imaginary dog. 空想的な友だち - imaginary friend. ^^ The problem is the time you post your question. Too many trolls lurk in the daytime for American hours.
2016-05-21 02:29:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its better to try and fail than to not try at all
2007-05-23 11:57:19 · answer #9 · answered by lmsjns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means give it a shot.
2007-05-23 11:58:33 · answer #10 · answered by Egal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋