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You're like Santa Claus with that list, Bud, except everyone on it's been naughty.
— L.A. Confidential · 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker compares the listener to Santa Claus because of the list they keep, then twists the comparison: everyone on it has been naughty. It is a dry, teasing jab that turns a childhood image of gifts into a roll of wrongdoers.
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