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Nobody thinks it will work, do they?
— Say Anything... · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker asks whether anyone believes the plan will succeed, and the tag 'do they?' suggests they suspect the answer is no. It reads as a tentative, slightly deflated bid for reassurance, mixing awareness of widespread doubt with a lingering hope that it could still work.
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