The National interview

[jellyman10]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I don't think Lindsey's vocabulary is especially big, like people keep saying, but I do think he knows enough to know that "burned her bridges" has an acrimonious ring. Like she did something bad enough that she wouldn't be welcome back. Like when you curse out your boss, before leaving your job. You know you probably won't be able to return to that employment.

I agree with your first point. LB always struck me as the third most articulate person in the classic Rumours FM line-up. Mick first, then Christine, then LB. 'Articulate' being a measure of clarity and precision of meaning, Stevie comes last, although John would be last on word-count alone.

LB either knows what 'burning bridges' means, in which case there's more to this situation than Chris simply saying 'I'm done, guys' and everyone else going 'Aw, bummer, but OK'. Or he doesn't know what it means, in which case he looks a bit silly, sitting there airily deploying idioms he doesn't understand.