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I've read one article about the murder of one guy and stumbled across one sentence, which I can't understand fully.
It's within the Chinese culture. You end up having somebody that’s a problem, that doesn’t give you what you want, they’re eliminated.
I think, I got the basic idea but it still looks odd to me. What does the first part ("You end up having somebody that’s a problem") mean? Why it is said in that way? Can you please give some examples of similar construction?
He's talking about the line as a plotted line on a graph. At one point the U.S. had been putting up surpluses, but expenditures rose to cancel those out and put the country into a deficit again. The "line" turned and went below even — right at around the point where Bush passed his tax cuts and engaged us in two costly wars.
Here's the line he's talking about:
And you can read more about it.
"To throw down" means to fight someone (usually physical). It's a colloquial expression.
Interestingly, one entry on Urban Dictionary attributes its origin to "throwing down the gauntlet" an old tradition of throwing down ones gloves to challenge someone. The person challenging the other would throw down his glove or gauntlet, and the person accepting the challenge 'would take it up'.
You also see it used in popular culture like the TV show Throwdown with Bobby Flay, which is a show where Bobby Flay challenges people to cooking competitions.
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I would read it as "If at the end of the day you have somebody who is a problem and does not give you what you want, that person is eliminated; that heartlessness is part of the Chinese culture." The "This happens, that happens" construction is American, particularly New York (supposedly because of Italian influence), and is parodied in the bumper sticker "You touch my car, I break you face".