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November 2, 2014
The technical name of the third comparison-
Correct Misspell
statsis 
both nouns the act of placing, standing
cata 
down
hypo 
underneath
Many years ago we (our family of 4) were watching a British comedy on the telly, and in it, the lady of the house became disgusted with the behavior of a young man in her employ. Finally she said, “Charles, you are the limit!”
The cleverness of her metaphor surprised all four of us. Having never heard such an expression before, were struck by it.
We repeated it to one another several times during the days that followed, until it became a private joke.
“Joanna, you are the limit.” “Father, you are the limit”, and so on.
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Apparently, the phrase ‘You are the limit’ is still being discovered throughout the world...
Xander2024
Southern Russia, Native language: Russian
Hello again,
I've just come across the sentence "You are the limit!"
expressing great surprise or indignation at what someone
has just done/said. Could a native speaker tell me if this
expression is in use or not?
Thank you.
Hermione Golightly
Geordie in London, Native language: British English
I use and hear "You are the limit!" from time to time. It can either be positive or negative admiring and pleased or angry and disapproving, depending on the situation and tone of voice and all that. I use the latter either as a warning that the person is going too far or as a comment that the person might be insisting a lot or asking for too much, counter- productively.
Hermione
Pertinax
Queensland, Australia, Native language: British English-> Australian English
I have heard "You're the limit!" (with a heavy stress on "limit") to mean that you have reached the limit of what I am prepared to tolerate. I wasn't aware that it could be used in a positive sense.
Man_from_India
Native language: Indian English
But what is the exact meaning of "You're the limit" in both positive and negative sense?
Xander2024
Southern Russia, Native language: Russian
Well, as my dictionary defines it, "you are the limit" expresses surprise at what someone has done. My dictionary does not state whether it implies approval or disapproval.
The Diamonds
Canadian Quartet 1953 - 1961
Little Darlin’
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Stroll
You are the limit.
There’s too much to forgive.
Now I’m goin’ out
And I’m goin’ to live.
I’m goin’ to find a gal who cares
Without those high-falutin’ aires,
And give her all the love I shared
With only you!
You’re the limit.
You’re the limit.
You’re the limit.
You’re the limit.
I want add this reminder-
The sentence "You are the limit!" that expresses great surprise or indignation at what someone has just done/said, is presented in the “Surprise” form.
"You are the limit!"
The “Standard” form, while certainly lacking the emphatic punch of the “Surprise” form, it is the better way to examine the intended meaning of the metaphor itself.
“The limit are you!"
So, whenever we take a close look at a metaphor, if it helps us understand what is being said in Scripture, I will probably use the standard figure to work from.
“The limit are you!"
“The door am I"
“The vine am I"
Just to review…
the meaning of the metaphor ‘the limit’ is carried
over to represent ‘you’.
Here’s a helpful way to think of metaphors:
what the limit is, you are; you are what the limit is.
You are a representation of what the limit is.
You are as far out as anyone is supposed to go!
In the Scriptures, we encounter three levels of comparison:
Let’s look at the Old Testament for some shepherd/sheep figures that have been developed by extended metaphors and extended hypocatastasis, at places other than the twenty-third Psalm.
Allegory
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"My sheep wandered through all the mountains,
and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered
over the whole face of the earth,
and no one was seeking or searching for them."
Ezekiel 34:6-31
' Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: "as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field,
because there was no shepherd,
nor did My shepherds search for My flock,
but the shepherds fed themselves
and did not feed My flock" -- 'therefore,
O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!
Ezekiel 34:6-31
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against the shepherds,
and I will require My flock at their hand;
I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep,
and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more;
for I will deliver My flock from their mouths,
that they may no longer be food for them."
Ezekiel 34:6-31
' For thus says the Lord GOD: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep
and seek them out. "As a shepherd seeks out his flock
on the day he is among his scattered sheep,
so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from
all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy
and dark day.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"And I will bring them out from the peoples and
gather them from the countries,
and will bring them to their own land;
I will feed them on the mountains of Israel,
in the valleys and in all the inhabited places
of the country.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"I will feed them in good pasture,
and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel.
There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed
in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. "I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,"
says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"I will seek what was lost and bring back what was
driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen
what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and
the strong, and feed them in judgment."
' And as for you,
O My flock, thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep,
between rams and goats.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"Is it too little for you to have eaten up
the good pasture, that you must tread down
with your feet the residue of your pasture –
and to have drunk of the clear waters,
that you must foul the residue with your feet? "And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet,
and they drink what you have fouled with your feet."
Ezekiel 34:6-31
' Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them: "Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. "Because you have pushed with side and shoulder,
butted all the weak ones with your horns,
and scattered them abroad,
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"therefore I will save My flock,
and they shall no longer be a prey;
and I will judge between sheep and sheep. "I will establish one shepherd over them,
and he shall feed them – My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Ezekiel’s words are similar to Jeremiah’s.
Both announce a Davidic type shepherd (the Christ), affirming a covenant relationship of between the shepherd and the sheep.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"And I, the LORD, will be their God,
and My servant David a prince among them;
I, the LORD, have spoken.
As opposed to the notion of a ‘king’, stated well after the reign of King David, announcing a ‘prince’ who is to come in the future.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
" I will make a covenant of peace with them,
and cause wild beasts to cease from the land;
and they will dwell safely in the wilderness
and sleep in the woods.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers
to come down in their season;
there shall be showers of blessing.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit,
and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land;
and they shall know that I am the LORD,
when I have broken the bands of their yoke
and delivered them from the hand of those
who enslaved them.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations,
nor shall beasts of the land devour them;
but they shall dwell safely,
and no one shall make them afraid.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"I will raise up for them a garden of renown,
and they shall no longer be consumed
with hunger in the land,
nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
"Thus they shall know that I,
the LORD their God, am with them,
and they, the house of Israel, are My people,"
says the Lord GOD.' "
"You are My flock, the flock of My pasture;you are men, and I am your God,"
says the Lord GOD.
Jeremiah 23:2-6
Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel
against the shepherds who feed My people: "You have scattered My flock, driven them away,
and not attended to them.
Behold,
I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,"
says the LORD.
NKJ Jeremiah 23:1-4
"Woe to the shepherds [KJV pastors]
who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"
says the LORD.
Who are the shepherds that scatter the sheep?
NKJ Jeremiah 23:1-4
Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds [KJV pastors] who feed My people: "You have scattered My flock, driven them away,
and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to
you for the evil of your doings," says the LORD.
How do they enter the folds?
NKJ Jeremiah 23:1-4
"But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of
all countries where I have driven them, and bring
them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful
and increase.
What are the folds?
NKJ Jeremiah 23:1-4
"I will set up shepherds over them
who will feed them; and they shall fear no more,
nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,"
says the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:2-6
"But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them,
and bring them back to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jeremiah 23:2-6
"I will set up shepherds over them
who will feed them;
and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed,
nor shall they be lacking," says the LORD.
Can we generate a picture to illustrate this warning?
a “fold”- a walled enclosure to protect the sheep
a walled enclosure either to enclose human activity
or to protect livestock; a courtyard of a home or palace,
a sheepfold; it can also to the courtyard outside the
sanctuary of the temple.
Next In Series
Then we’ll look at the New Testament for some shepherd/sheep figures that have been developed by extended metaphors and extended hypocatastasis.
Allegory
Many will be surprised on the Day of Judgment
when they discover
that it was just as the Word of God says;
only the righteousness of Christ is able to save you.All men are sinners and no one can save himself.
God is just, so He must punish sin;
but He is also merciful, moreover gracious,
and offers His Son as the perfect sacrifice
in order to purchase a place for you in heaven,
which He offers to you as the free gift of eternal life.Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah,
the Anointed One, He is God Incarnate.
In order to pay the debt of our sins,
He came from Heaven, having been sent by the Father,
where He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father
even unto the shameful death upon the cross
in order to pay the debt of your sins.This gift must be received by faith,
believing that Jesus’ perfect life and Cross Work
was His complete and necessary Atonement
for your sins, in your behalf.
Faith is a gift that comes by the Power of God the Holy Spirit working in a person’s innermost being.
Only the power of God can open your heart to the willingness to have the void within it filled
with the presence of Christ by His Spirit.The Holy Spirit has the authority and power to quicken your dead spirit, to make it come to life.
Only the life of His Spirit’s quickening of your heart will allow the Gospel message of salvation to even make sense to you, to truly “hear” the message and give you the ability,
as the Holy Spirit bears witness to Jesus,
to recognize your need for forgiveness and restoration, and gain the desire of your heart to be favorably inclined to want to receive Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.If you have not done so before this moment,
ask Jesus to forgive you your sins,
tell Him you’ve stop trying to be your own savior,
and ask Him to come into your life right now,
and to give you eternal life. Then, in faith believing,
thank Him for the gift that He is giving you,
the one He paid for in full in your place,
in Jesus’ name,
AMEN
Copyright November, 2014
Rev. Jim Craig
All Rights Reserved
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