To Be Mean To Someone. To be mean has meant that a person is stingy or paradoxically not a man of means in other words that somebody was poor and so stingy and unlikely to be generous. This may have been the original meaning of the term.
People who are mean and intimidating do not give in to other people or let them walk all over them. To be mean has meant that a person is stingy or paradoxically not a man of means in other words that somebody was poor and so stingy and unlikely to be generous. Beauty isn t everything you know.
People who are mean and intimidating do not give in to other people or let them walk all over them.
Part of the meaning of the phrase to be mean refers to economic means in a negative way. Don t be afraid to say no. To be important to someone. You have to be ready to assert yourself and to say no to people who dump too much work on you ask you for ridiculous favors or just put more pressure on you than you re comfortable with.