An open brass padlock rests on a partly rolled blue sheet marked with simple white lines.

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Stewie Griffin

They saw my blueprints! What a grievous breach of security!

— Family Guy · 1999

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reacts strongly to someone seeing private plans. Calling it a grievous breach gives the complaint a grand, official sound. The words stress the importance of secrecy without telling us what the plans contain or what seeing them might cause.

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