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Inglés (UK)
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¿Qué significa I would not say I'm a wind up. ?
¿Qué significa I would not say I'm a wind up. ?
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@piromix Imagine that everyone has a cog on their back, like a wind-up toy soldier, for instance. If you deliberately "wind them up", you will be called a wind up.
It's like the expression, to push people's buttons. Everyone will be "triggered" (a slang term I've only recently heard myself - I believe it's either American, Austrailian or just an internet phenomenon...).
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@anafridi It's a metaphor. If there is something someone can say to provoke you, then you will react - like a wind up toy:


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