did my back hurt your knife
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[edit]- (colloquial) Used to draw the attention of a backstabber to their treachery.
- 2011, Lauren Barnholdt, Watch Me, page 253:
- “Oh, I'm sorry, Kelly. Did my back hurt your knife?” She doesn't say anything. I tap my foot on the ground impatiently. “Come on. You wanted to talk, so let's talk. Why'd you do it?”
“I never meant to hurt you,” she says.
- 2023, Joseph Murray, Fling:
- "Tara, I'm not sleeping with Celine! You're being crazy!"
[…]
"Oh I'm sorry, did my back hurt your knife?" she asked. She took another almighty swing and smashed the bike's headlight.