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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 166. The proverb today is the
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bigger they are the harder they fall. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.
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This phrase could also be heard as the bigger they come the harder they fall.
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So either the bigger they are the harder they fall or the bigger they come the
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harder they fall. All right. Let's continue. If someone says
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this proverb when a more important or prominent person fails, it means the loss
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or failure will be more noticeable or more dramatic. It'll get more attention.
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You know, people will see it more. All right. Let's continue.
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They say this proverb has its origins in boxing and it's still often said by
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boxers and wrestlers to intimidate opponents. Yeah. If you ever seen before a
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boxing match you know, when they're doing their tough-talking or their
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trash-talking each other saying bad things about each other. This might be a
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typical line they say, especially if one of them is actually a little larger than
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the other. All right. Let's continue. Some say it may have been coined, you know,
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invented said for the first time by Robert Fitzsimmons in 1902, before
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actually losing to James J Jeffries a much heavier Challenger. So he said this
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but he didn't actually win. He did actually lose in this case. However,
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nowadays the proverb is often used to refer to powerful politicians or
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influential celebrities who lose power or popularity. You know, often or maybe
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even especially due to scandals or some situation like that. All right. Let's
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continue. All right. So we got three examples here. And here's the first one.
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When Mussolini remember, Mussolini he was the leader of Italy during World War two.
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He was the fascist leader and remember when Italy finally changed sides that's
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when they they got rid of him. Some of the Italians rebelled against him.
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So when Mussolini was finally captured by italian communist partisans, he was
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executed by firing squad. Yeah. His body was brought to Milan and hung upside
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down to publicly have his death confirmed. Okay.
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This is a good example of the bigger they are , the harder they fall.
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Yeah. He was very powerful. A very tough leader for the longest time. Nobody could
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touch him. But you know , one day he finally came down. You , they killed him. They
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hung him up. So that was. It he's kind of a humiliating way to die too.
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All right. Let's look at the second one here. It doesn't matter that he is a
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larger opponent. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
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Yes. This is what somebody might say. Again when they're saying. Yeah. I'm going tp
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beat him anyway. All right. And number three. Some say the defeat of Goliath by David,
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you know from the Bible story is another example of the bigger they are the
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harder they fall. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was
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clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.