an icepick through the keyhole

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DragonflyBlade21: A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably
interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a
friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. 
This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company
saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but
we're not going to hire you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for
comparison for all other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less
qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody
else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time
to complain about the person that we hired.