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Not a metaphor. More like a folk expression. They really mean "milk a cow." It is not a symbol of anything else
Mar 10, 2011 · Corn was a new crop that probably required a lot of fertilizer and care, thus, even more a luxury than wheat. He is saying that times were tough, perhaps the corn had been planted, but it did not survive and "poor rye" (not a lot, and not very productive plants) grew in its place.
The text below is from the Hemingway's book, "For Whom The Bell Tolls." In that underlined part, I cannot figure the structure of this sentence as well as what that part exactly means.
New2grammarActually we're in agreement.Maybe my wording is confusing to you. I used the word 'serious', not 'difficult'.
May 29, 2019 · Some parents suggest that sports is wasting time, their children must spend their leisure time on learning more, it worth bettering life than team sports. Consequently, before their children achieve success in their life or make an ends meet, parents thief childhood and destroyed plenty of aspects of their children such as health, discovering, freedom, unknown things not supplied in books and so on.
1 and 4 are the expected forms, with 1 sounding slightly more formal. 2 is unnatural. 3 is heard occasionally, and would likely refer to the speaker's permanent condition in life, rather than his/her current condition.
Usually fire hardened means made hard by exposure to fire, but you would expect to find another word after hardened identifying what has been hardened by fire. In this case I can only assume that it means hardened fire, perhaps a reference to the red color of the road. Perhaps the road surface is hot. 2) If the above interpretation is correct ...
In the same way you can get 'behind' in your work, meaning the number of things you have to do is building up faster than you are completing them. It is better to say 'behind on' here, but if you add 'my' then 'with' is more natural. 'I am behind with my messages and emails.'
Jun 15, 2008 · What's the real meaning "Cabbie"....? Jun 15 2008 09:30:54. Riyasknr. Taxicab driver. Jun 15 2008 10:24:10.
Nov 4, 2017 · Hi~ What is the meaning of the word "profile" in this context and does the phrase in red make sense to you? I understood "profile" as same as characteristices and in that case, the phrase doesn't seem to make sense.
