"It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it"

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Tue Sep 20 13:54:46 UTC 2005


From:    "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>

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I know and hear this saying primarily in a sarcastic sense.  Like the TV
show cop who has to go undercover to a strip bar; with a leer, he says
"it's a dirty job . . . ".

Do others see it mostly this way now?
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"See" ~~ 'understand', no.

"See" ~~ 'observe', yes.

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