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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does this sentence sound natural in English?

With legs of jelly and drenched in sheep-scented sweat, we reached the 3, 000-foot summit.
  

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Not in common, everyday English. The structure and vocabulary make it sound rather literary. Clive

— Clive

  • Not in common, everyday English.
  • The structure and vocabulary make it sound rather literary.
  • Clive
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Not in common, everyday English. The structure and vocabulary make it sound rather literary.

Clive
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Thanks.
"Legs of jelly", is this description good in English?
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Yes. Or "legs like jelly."
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