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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Too big to be allowed

hello folks,

could any of you please explain me this line?

"He was twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed."

thanks very much in advance

L
  

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Hi, could any of you please explain me this line? "He was twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. " He looked bigger than a man should be allowed to be.

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Hi,

could any of you please explain me this line?

"He was twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed."

He looked bigger than a man should be allowed to be.



It's a humorous remark. It implies that there are rules about how big a man should be allowed to be. The idea of such rules is amus
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Thank you.
I wanted to know the meaning of that line too.
Your answer helped me catch the meaning.
Emotion: smile