" That true Grit paid off" , what does that mean?
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Your determination and persistence on a project/task paid off and you got positive results.
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You have completed your enlistment.Meaning you have fullfilled your contract.
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I can't remember where the quote is from, but I agree with it entirely.  It means "no holds barred", in a way, and I find it true in love and war.  It's sad to say that's true in love, but, experience tells me it is true, and our culture supports it entirely.  Our international bodies try to make it untrue in war, such as in the Geneva Convention, but, war is hell everything's "fair" in hell, so . . ..  God Bless you.
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acutally its "ends justify the means". It means that whatever your goal is "end" it is so important that what you do to achieve it, no matter if it's wrong, is justified by your ritious goal. The "means" is how you get there, what you do. I want to be president to help the world, but I have to lie like a polititian to get there.
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Very very tolerant and kind. I have heard this story before but I can't remember where. I believe it was back in school. Not all people need their "good deeds" to be rewarded. Some are kind, just for the sake of being kind.\n\nBut there was something else to this. A deeper lesson or meaning. I'm sorry to say that I can't remember what it was.
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Trust is something that I believe is earned by doing the things that are right. I honestly believe actions speak louder than words. Show them by the actions that you can be trusted...Cejay
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it was ok for me.  if i remember, i worked pretty hard that year, but it did pay off.  try not to get too down, it can be pretty interesting.
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Actually, it was:\n\nNever give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.\n\nWinston Churchill
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enjoy it, that means is working\n\n:> peace\n.
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It means to carry through with an agreement.\nI agree to pay for a car, and the finance company wants me to "hold up to my end of the bargain" by making the payments.
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it simply means, "old habits die hard"\nonce set in your ways, think about it, no other person's way is "right".
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When soldiers in the "old days" loaded thier large guns, the magizines were 27 feet long, and when firing at the enemies, they would say "give them the whole nine yards" to signify shooting the entire round. So in everyday use, it would probably mean, "Give them all youve got!"\n\n\n\nAlso, I found this information on the subject!\nThe phrase "the whole nine yards" means "completely, the whole, everything" - eg:\n\n"I was mugged. They took my wallet, my keys, my shoes, my coat - the whole nine yards!"\n\nThe origins of the expression are unknown, but various theories are popularly held as to the root of it. One of the more common of these is that the expression dates from the Second World War, where the "nine yards" was the full length of a machine-gun ammunition belt, and to "go the full nine yards" was to use it up in its entirety. The expression, however, has only been dated back to 1966 (in U.S. Air Force slang recorded in Vietnam) and it is unlikely it could have been in common use in the 1940s without being recorded either then or in the next twenty years.\n\nThe most likely origin dates back to the early days of full-masted sailing schooners, (cica.1400's), where the captains cry to "let go the whole nine yards" meant to unfurl all the sails in their entirety to take advantage of favourable winds. The three-masted ocean-going vessels of the day had sails that totalled 9 square yards of material.\n\nThe phrase could also be attributed to the tailoring industry, in which a quality suit of clothing required nine yards of material. To tailor a quality suit "takes the whole nine yards."\n\nOther suggested origins have included sources as diverse as the size of cement mixers, the length of bridal veils, the manufacture of kilts, the length of cloth bolts, and the structure of certain sailing vessels (where "yard" is short for yardarm, not for the distance).\n\nAnother explanation is that the term is a sarcastic reference to American football, where ten yards is the length of a first down. With running nine yards being no real achievement, to say that someone ran 'the whole nine yards' would be to say that they almost achieved something.\n\n\n\n-Cin
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It means a bunch of his friends and his family is making a whole bunch of money.\n\nSticks and stones may break my bones, but the truth remains the same.
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It is a French word roughly translated as enjoyment.  Quite literally it means whatever 'gets you off'.  Transcendant Bliss.
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This is a delightful British term that means doing your best to get on with it, despite the odds being stacked against you. It doesn't mean you're winging it, it means you're doing your best in a bad situation. or having a 'stiff upper lip' and steely resolve, which all us brits love to do!
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I suspect this is a poetic expression that refers to the attitude of the person when he/she made the smile.  Think of the person wanting to say "Take that!" while smiling.  This is a way of expressing revenge, more or less.
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It is impossible to know without the context. What's the whole sentence you find the phrase in?\n\nEdit: That really makes no sense. It's certainly not a frequently used abbreviation. Some more information would really be helpful.