How to understand this sentence?
"I hate to have my intellectual toes trod upon."Can smbd write this idiom in easier to understand way?
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"To tread on someone's toes" means to do or say things that annoy that person. This can be accidental or deliberate. "Tread on someone's intellectual toes" (the adjective is not part of the usual phrase) means that the annoyance is from an intellectual perspective. Maybe this means dealing with criticism.... or with stupid people.
The phrasing of the sentence "I hate to have [object] [past participle]" means "I hate whenever it happens to me."
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