Jonathan Walther (Clutch?) wrote:
In English, when you make someone "holler
uncle!" it
means "do you give up now?" It is specifically used when someone is
being an unbearable annoyance, so you sit on them, and you don't let
them up until they indicate they recognize they have been an annoyance
and are prepared to change, by hollering "uncle!"
No, that's not how it's used.
It's used to *bully* somebody, pure and simple.
I've dealt with many a bully in my day, so I should know.
(And I am an American.)
-- Toby