Take No Prisoners
Sometimes you hear someone described as having a “take no prisoners attitude.” I always thought this meant they were generous — heck, they aren’t taking any prisoners, that’s nice of them. It turns out — and I learned this only today on Bunny Watson — that when you “take no prisoners” it means that you kill everyone. Which isn’t very nice at all.
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Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 4:32pm

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No mercy, being very harsh, is the meaning, I like Give no quarter better.
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