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Jamal 1315 Posted 5 years ago
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A spear that pins the two of us together

Hello everybody.

I don't know what ' spear' mean in the following. Is it an expression?

The terrible events of the past are like a spear that pins the two of us together.

Thanks so much for the help ??.


  

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Jamal 1315 I don't know what ' spear' mean in the following. "means" It is literal, used in a simile. Think javelin, lance, pilum, etc.

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  • Jamal 1315 I don't know what ' spear' mean in the following.
  • "means" It is literal, used in a simile.
  • Think javelin, lance, pilum, etc.
  • Jamal 1315 Is it an expression?
  • No.
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Jamal 1315I don't know what ' spear' mean in the following.

"means"

It is literal, used in a simile. Think javelin, lance, pilum, etc.

Jamal 1315Is it an expression?

No. The writer thought it would be good to speak of uniting people who have been through an ordeal together by likening the ordeal to a spear th

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