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Dela Posted 15 years ago
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Cluck-faced, kneehigh in nettles
Again I got no homework done. The more I watched them, the madder I got. I was still a cluck-faced jerk, while Juli was laughing it up with my grandfather. Had I ever seen him smile? Really smile? I don't think so! But now he was kneehigh in nettles, laughing.
I guess cluck-faced jerk is a terrible jerk, but what "cluck-faced" indicate here?
knee high in nettles: what the meaning of this?
I guess cluck-faced jerk is a terrible jerk, but what "cluck-faced" indicate here?
knee high in nettles: what the meaning of this?
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"cluck-faced" on the surface mean "looks like a chicken," but I think it is a sly allusion to a very vulgar English term for a situation to something that is all ****ed up. A cluster-**** is that kind of situation. This sounds like a YA novel where they make this kind of not-quite-a-swear-word or vulgarity but everyone knows what you're trying to say.
- "cluck-faced" on the surface mean "looks like a chicken," but I think it is a sly allusion to a very vulgar English term for a situation to something that is all ****ed up.
- A cluster-**** is that kind of situation.
- This sounds like a YA novel where they make this kind of not-quite-a-swear-word or vulgarity but everyone knows what you're trying to say.
- "knee-high in nettles" is an alliterative phrase that sounds very down-home and countryfied.
- Nettles are stinging weeds, and knee-high of course means you're deep in them, so it's a way, again, of saying you are in a situation where everything is going very, very badly.
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"cluck-faced" on the surface mean "looks like a chicken," but I think it is a sly allusion to a very vulgar English term for a situation to something that is all ****ed up. A cluster-**** is that kind of situation. This sounds like a YA novel where they make this kind of not-quite-a-swear-word or vulgarity but everyone knows what you're trying to say.
"knee-high in nettles" is an allitera
"knee-high in nettles" is an allitera
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