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In this sentence seen in a fan forum on the web – Go break a leg, Yao – "break a leg" is explained as "good luck", how come?
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I've failed over and over and over again... And that is why I succeed.
Do not question English grammar. Accept it. Don't force making sense of it. Uses come first.
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Today, I'm going to do a little test on you. I'm going to give examples first and let you guess out the meaning of a common English idiom.
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