What Does "the company was meant to be mine" Mean?
Learn what "the company was meant to be mine" means, when people say it, and how to use it naturally in English.
The company was meant to
It means the speaker feels they were entitled to the company and is bitter that they did not get it.
From The Pendleton Secrete, Episode 30
When do people say this?
Scene Context
Someone is expressing resentment that they believe a company should have belonged to them.
Usage Scenario
Use this to express regret or resentment about a missed opportunity. It sounds dramatic and is usually not polite in normal workplace conversation.
Better ways to say it
The company should have been mine.
It was supposed to be mine.
That company was meant to be mine.
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