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Brnina Posted 5 years ago
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Chip away - meaning in this context
What does "chip away" mean here:
"Today, some veterans of the original Greenpeace campaigns chip away at the Greenpeace international monolith, funded by an annual budget that now stands at about $243 million"?
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Hi I think that metaphor can be used in different ways and it's not quite clear in that example. One image is of an experienced sculptor chipping away at a block of stone, to make a work of art Dave
- Hi I think that metaphor can be used in different ways and it's not quite clear in that example.
- One image is of an experienced sculptor chipping away at a block of stone, to make a work of art Dave
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Hi
I think that metaphor can be used in different ways and it's not quite clear in that example. One image is of an experienced sculptor chipping away at a block of stone, to make a work of art
Dave
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