Original artwork, not a still
I can shoot straight, if I don’t have to shoot too far.
— Gone with the Wind • 1939
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A modest, qualified boast about aim: the speaker's accuracy holds up only at short distance. The admission mixes confidence with honesty about a limit, so the claim sounds capable but hedged, as if skill is real yet not to be overstated.
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