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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Be beyond the siren call
Hello,
in the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" (Peter carry) I came across the above mentioned phrase. I think it is an idiom. However, I didn't find any explanation in dictionaries. Could you, please, explain it to me:
"I am not sure she is his wife."
"So much the better," he said, and I caught an odd excitement in those careful grey eyes. As so often, when we detect signs of base passions in those who we expect to be beyond the siren call, I was discomforted."
Thank you very much.
in the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" (Peter carry) I came across the above mentioned phrase. I think it is an idiom. However, I didn't find any explanation in dictionaries. Could you, please, explain it to me:
"I am not sure she is his wife."
"So much the better," he said, and I caught an odd excitement in those careful grey eyes. As so often, when we detect signs of base passions in those who we expect to be beyond the siren call, I was discomforted."
Thank you very much.
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to be beyond the siren call = to be unaffected emotionally by It is a classical reference to one of the adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus.
- to be beyond the siren call = to be unaffected emotionally by It is a classical reference to one of the adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus.
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to be beyond the siren call = to be unaffected emotionally by
It is a classical reference to one of the adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus.
It is a classical reference to one of the adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus.
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