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Kunsusuki Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

A quote

I couldn't get the meaning of this quote :"There is danger for him who take the tiger cub, and danger also for who snatches a delusion from a woman"
  

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This is a quote from a Sherlock Holmes story. " I think that might help in understanding the quote. A delusion is a mistaken opinion, or more strongly, it is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.

— KJinCali79

  • This is a quote from a Sherlock Holmes story.
  • " I think that might help in understanding the quote.
  • A delusion is a mistaken opinion, or more strongly, it is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
  • Therefore, to "****** a delusion from a woman" would be to take away that which she believes to be true, however false it may be.
  • Doing so would be as dangerous as taking a tiger cub.
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This is a quote from a Sherlock Holmes story. A preceeding line is, "If I tell her she won't believe me." I think that might help in understanding the quote.
A delusion is a mistaken opinion, or more strongly, it is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. Therefore, to "****** a delusion from a woman" would be to take away that which she believes to be
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How about this expression: hunting crop handy??
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That is not an expression.

A hunting crop is a short whip, sometimes also called a riding crop.

Handy means it is close at hand or easily accessible.
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If it's not an expression how do we call it then? "I am sorry that Miss sutherland has troubled you about this little matter,for i think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public " i can't get the second part .
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kunsusukinot to wash linen of the sort in public
This is a take on an idiom. "wash...of the sort" implies dirty. The actual idiom is to wash (or air) one's dirty laundry (or linen) in public. It means to talk to other people about personal things that you should keep private.
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That make sense now Emotion: smile Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left usin pit
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Pitch-black or pitch-dark means as dark as pitch. The pitch here that it is referring to is the noun meaning tar.
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KJinCali79 i've noticed that you have some backgrounds about the Sherlock Holmes,and as it is the subject im required to make a presentation about, so do you know some books that analyse his style of writing i mean the significance of the words Conon Doyle uses...ect
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