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Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

fall on one's snout

This great and accepting society truly and eternally despises the actress Anne Hathaway with every last kernel of our collective being.
And we don’t know why.
Has the sisterhood fallen on its snout? Or is Anne somehow to blame?

I think it has been a culture phenomenon in America. Could you tell me what the phrase means?
  

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rpsh snout = nose, usually of an animal To fall on your nose or to fall on your face is to fail in a dramatic way. CJ

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  • rpsh snout = nose, usually of an animal To fall on your nose or to fall on your face is to fail in a dramatic way.
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rpshsnout
= nose, usually of an animal

To fall on your nose or to fall on your face is to fail in a dramatic way.

CJ
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Sorry, I'm still not clear. Could you say more about the sentence? What does the writer want to express?
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rpshWhat does the writer want to express?
Failure.
rpshSorry, I'm still not clear. Could you say more about the sentence?
I'm not clear either. It appears that the "society" and the "sisterhood" are references to the same group of people, but there's nothing in the excerpt quoted that says which group of people this is. In
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OK, let it be. But what does the " failure" mean? You mean my expression is incorrect, right?
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rpshBut what does the " failure" mean? You mean my expression is incorrect, right?
Emotion: sad

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I know what failure means, and I just misunderstand your intention. Sorry. It still seems a long way for me to improve my English comprehension.

Thank you.
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rpshSorry. It still seems a long way for me to improve my English comprehension.
Don't worry. In a few more months you'll be doing a lot better.
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Thank you. I believe so! Haha~
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