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About [to bite / to drink / to feed of a....]
Hi, In the following idioms, what do [of a bun / of a tun / of a conger] mean?May I give them the use in this way?[of a...] means a kind of food which is in favor of making the act of [bite / drink / feed] completed.The idiom is : {A baker’s wife may bite of a bun, a brewer’s wife may drink of a tun.A fish monger’s wife may feed of a conger.}Thank you for your assistance.
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They do not 'make the bite, feed or drink completed'. They are the object of bite, feed or drink. They are what is bitten, fed upon, or drunk.
- They do not 'make the bite, feed or drink completed'.
- They are the object of bite, feed or drink.
- They are what is bitten, fed upon, or drunk.
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They do not 'make the bite, feed or drink completed'. They are the object of bite, feed or drink. They are what is bitten, fed upon, or drunk.
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Hi,Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.As you saying that they are the object, why the [of] accompanies them?
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As you saying that they are the object, why the [of] accompanies them?-- It is because of the archaic grammar and vocabulary which is no longer used. Here is the modern grammar:
A baker’s wife may bite of a bun = A baker's wife may eat a bun.
A baker’s wife may bite of a bun = A baker's wife may eat a bun.
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