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What does "But for all his efforts he could not get his balance, and over he went." "over he went" here? mean?
What does "But for all his efforts he could not get his balance, and over he went." "over he went" here? mean?
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@Trapper__ Let's use a boat as an example since this is where the phrase came from:
A man is standing on a boat.
"He couldn't catch his balance, and over he went."
This means he went over the side of the boat because he fell.
But now people use it for other situations too, not just being on a boat.
If a man is walking and he trips and falls over you can say "he tripped and over he went".
The meaning is "over he falls" with "went" being past tense. In other words, "He went and fell over."
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It depends on the context but it means he fell (down) over (there). If he was balancing on something like a tightrope or riding in a boat, it would mean he fell off the tightrope or fell out of the boat.
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@Trapper__ Let's use a boat as an example since this is where the phrase came from:
A man is standing on a boat.
"He couldn't catch his balance, and over he went."
This means he went over the side of the boat because he fell.
But now people use it for other situations too, not just being on a boat.
If a man is walking and he trips and falls over you can say "he tripped and over he went".
The meaning is "over he falls" with "went" being past tense. In other words, "He went and fell over."
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@kietena Thank you very much! the brink of the cliff, So it's not a boat, but does it still mean the same thing?
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