Sorry, that laugh was a result of clumsy fingers on my phone.
What does "on a tear" mean? Aren't tears bad?
And now you know.
It means you're halfway there.Knowledge transferred, thank you Blackbird. So what does "living on a tear" mean? ;-)
If you take my hand, we'll make it.It means you're halfway there.
All right you young whippersnappers; since no one seems to quite get the meaning of this, I guess I'm going to have to step in.
As some have pointed out, "on a tear" is a good thing, but no one else seems to quite understand why. Another meaning of the word "tear" (rhyming with "air", not the stuff that comes from your eyes) has to do with speed - in older times it was usually used to describe running, etc.
More specifically, I am pretty sure it refers to a mad, sometimes violent, rush. Originally it did mean attacking without restraint or caution, but over time the concept of speed was added onto the original implication so that a vehicle can also be said to be going at a tear. Which just means it is going really fast, without any implication of violence. In the context of the original quote in this thread, success of sales is what is implied, not necessarily the destruction of the "enemy."
Right, gotcha! Like, "we're tearing the competition a new a hole!"
Or is it more mild than that?
Which is different than "tarrying" down the highway, which the seven NPC's are most decidedly not doing, neither are they running, joking loudly, or singing as they advance.It's similar to a sports car "tearing down the highway". Which is different than a bulldozer "tearing down the highway." Clear as mud, right?
Which is different than "tarrying" down the highway, which the seven NPC's are most decidedly not doing, neither are they running, joking loudly, or singing as they advance.
Which makes me imagine for a moment that just as there's a crew of 7 managing the D&D brand I now wonder if somewhere in Hasbro's corporate HQ there's a 7-man team working on the best way they can leverage Candy Land into a juggernaut, all the while glaring out the window in Renton's direction, grimacing in anger at the new high bar that has been set for ALL Hasbro titles this quarter.