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Rev. Robert Jones

Have you no shame?

— The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain · 1995

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker rebukes someone for behaviour they find appalling, asking whether any embarrassment is left. It is a scolding built on the idea that a conscience should have stopped the person. The question is rhetorical, expecting the answer that they clearly feel none.

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