Are ‘had for’ and ‘of nerves’ correctly used in the sentence?
When Carla was pregnant, she (said jokingly, joked) that what she had for a child was a growing snowball of nerves, which was her son Carlo.
The grammar is okay, but the sense is not clear. What is a "snowball of nerves"? You are saying that this represents the child, yes?
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The grammar is okay, but the sense is not clear. What is a "snowball of nerves"? You are saying that this represents the child, yes? In what way?