Recently when I posted a content on the Facebook critical of doctors, some of them went for MY jugular.
Should it be went for THE jugular?
Should it be went for THE jugular?
They went for MY jugular.
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Please tell us where you saw this sentence. Who said/wrote it?
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I wrote it. I meant they criticised me using strong words.
Although in an Ngram search for "went for * jugular", 'the' is about 25-30 times a popular as 'his' or 'my', it seems to me that in your context 'my' is well justified. Usually, when this idiom is used with 'the', context makes it very clear whose jugular is meant, but in your context, a little help doesn't go amiss.
I agree. 'My' works well here.Note it's 'Facebook', not 'the Facebook.'
Well, it should be easier for medics to find the jugular
If you are posting this and you capitalise MY like you have, it sounds as though you are saying it is your jugular as opposed to someone else's.
In post my it is in the lower case. I capitilized the word here to highlight it.Well, it should be easier for medics to find the jugular
If you are posting this and you capitalise MY like you have, it sounds as though you are saying it is your jugular as opposed to someone else's.
Definitely "my" in that context.
(Theirs seems like a reasonable response to me.
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An unbiased answer.(Theirs seems like a reasonable response to me.
“Went for my jugular” sounds like the speaker feels like the aggrieved party. As though others should have shared some of the blame or that he feels unfairly blamed.
“My jugular” quite obviously personalizes the complaint. If that is the intention, then I favor it over “the jugular”.
“My jugular” quite obviously personalizes the complaint. If that is the intention, then I favor it over “the jugular”.
"The jugular" is the standard idiom though and since the context is doctors "my jugular" sounds like a bit of a literal-vs-metaphorical joke to me. (A doctor with a scalpel could really go for your jugular.) "The jugular" would keep it clearly in the realm of metaphor.
“my jugular” sounds incredibly odd to me. I don’t even know what a jugular literally is (nor does anyone need to know that to understand this idiom). I’ve always heard the idiom with “the.” “my” sounds like a mistake to me (whether or not it actually is one).
If I wanted to say that this was directed at me, I might say:
…went for the jugular with me.
…went for the jugular in their replies to me.
If I wanted to say that this was directed at me, I might say:
…went for the jugular with me.
…went for the jugular in their replies to me.