Taking My Marbles And Going Home

Otherwise known as a quitter.

Taking my marbles and going home.

Many of us have heard the often used phrase i am taking my marbles and going home as a way to characterize those who opt out of the game or process prematurely because things are not going the way they hoped. The study didn t show what she wanted it to show. Andrew plato gilliankitty at yahoo dot com to. He doesn t have the guts to take a bad defeat and is now picking up his marbles and going home.

I m taking my marbles and going home. Author prev author next thread prev thread next author index this month thread index this month top of archive re. And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home origin middle english via old french variant of marbre from latin marmor from greek marmaros shining stone associated with marmairein to shine. I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location pick up his marbles and go home but we ve long since given up hope on that.

Tue 13 aug 2002 00 00 26 0700 pdt. Historically taking my marbles and going home referred to a person who opted out of a game or process prematurely because they didn t like the way things were going. Pick up one s marbles and go home. It seems that the governor is ready to pick up his marbles and go home if the state senate isn t willing to increase the funds for the redevelopment scheme.

If someone got mad and left the game they would take their marbles and go home. My hope is that we create a new stickiness and muscle for collaborative work. I m taking my marbles and going home. Take your marbles and go home on the other hand would have meant you re the one being thrown out of said game or process for cheating or being a bad sport or just plain irritating if you know what i mean.

By extension anyone who gets mad and drops out of any game or project could be said to take his marbles and go. Techwr l techwr l at lists dot raycomm dot com date. The danger of relying on a private organization to fund a political campaign is that they may pick up their marbles and go home if the candidate doesn t do. No one wants to see a child die.

So wright changes her mind about tissue donation.