Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
What does the metaphor here mean?
"I've read someplace that in our descending order of might and important human anxieties, Americans suffer the death of a spouse, the loss of a house by fire. and moving to be the worst three things that can happen to us."
That part of "descending order of mighty and important human anxieties" seems to me a metaphor for the course of life? Because anxieties blow off gradually over time?
That part of "descending order of mighty and important human anxieties" seems to me a metaphor for the course of life? Because anxieties blow off gradually over time?
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Hi, "I've read someplace that in our descending order of might y and important human anxieties, Americans suffer the death of a spouse, the loss of a house by fire. " That part of "descending order of mighty and important human anxieties" seems to me a metaphor for the course of life? Because anxieties blow off gradually over time?
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Hi,
"I've read someplace that in our descending order of mighty and important human anxieties, Americans suffer the death of a spouse, the loss of a house by fire. and moving to be the worst three things that can happen to us."
That part of "descending order of mighty and i
"I've read someplace that in our descending order of mighty and important human anxieties, Americans suffer the death of a spouse, the loss of a house by fire. and moving to be the worst three things that can happen to us."
That part of "descending order of mighty and i
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