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Kunsusuki Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
A Quote??
Hi everyone! Well I did not understand a quote mentioned in "An Ideal Husband"by Oscar Wild. Optimism begins in a broad grin, and Pessimism ends with blue spectacles. Does he mean crying by saying the blue spectacles?
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I think he means that the pessimist sees everything as "blue"--cold, depressing.
- I think he means that the pessimist sees everything as "blue"--cold, depressing.
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I think he means that the pessimist sees everything as "blue"--cold, depressing.
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How about this one:"The thing has gone to the dogs, a lot of damned nobodies talking about nothing."
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The phrase, "gone to the dogs" is a colloquial expression. It means something has become in a worse condition, it has declined.
Jack's game has gone to the dogs = Jack's ability to play has deteriorated (is now lawful).
The country is going to the dogs = The country is going downhill, it will soon be in a terrible state.
In the quotation above, I suggest that he also m
Jack's game has gone to the dogs = Jack's ability to play has deteriorated (is now lawful).
The country is going to the dogs = The country is going downhill, it will soon be in a terrible state.
In the quotation above, I suggest that he also m
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