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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Fermenting thoughts
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The probable cause of this disease are fermenting thoughts over hurts, slights etc.
How should I understand the term "fermenting thoughts"?
The probable cause of this disease are fermenting thoughts over hurts, slights etc.
How should I understand the term "fermenting thoughts"?
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Sounds like a needlessly fancy way of saying "harboring/nurturing thoughts" or keeping things bottled up inside.
- Sounds like a needlessly fancy way of saying "harboring/nurturing thoughts" or keeping things bottled up inside.
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Sounds like a needlessly fancy way of saying "harboring/nurturing thoughts" or keeping things bottled up inside.
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We usually use "fermenting" with the development of wine. Grapes ferment, creating alcohol.
Wine can further ferment into vinegar and spoil the wine.
If your thoughts ferment, then they can sour your personality, and cause depression or other illnesses.
Wine can further ferment into vinegar and spoil the wine.
If your thoughts ferment, then they can sour your personality, and cause depression or other illnesses.
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