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Diotima Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

from the Guardian

Here is a sentence taken from a Guardian's article. It is about social network and the number of 'clutter-friends' exponentially growing (sic!) for those who subscribe. I do not understand this sentence, I mean I thing I got the meaning but it looks strange...can you help me clarify it?
The notion of purging it begins to strike as us appealing (...and dumping all the *** into bin bags feels like a liberation).

Thanks a lot!
  

Top answer

and dumping all the *** into bin bags feels like a liberation) If you have got the meaning, how can we help? What part of this looks strange to you? Perhaps you should tell us what meaning you think it has.

— Clive

  • and dumping all the *** into bin bags feels like a liberation) If you have got the meaning, how can we help?
  • What part of this looks strange to you?
  • Perhaps you should tell us what meaning you think it has.
  • Clive.
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Hi,

The notion of purging it begins to strike us as appealing (...and dumping all the *** into bin bags feels like a liberation)

If you have got the meaning, how can we help? What part of this looks strange to you?

Perhaps
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Thanks Clive and sorry for poor spelling check.
The impression I have is that the idea of getting rid of 'clutter-friends' is as striking as appealing, but a) I am not sure I got it right, b) I find that phrasing difficult. Is it common or does it convey nuances that if you said it in a different way it would not have?

Thanks for your help!
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p.s.

..exactly the 'as us appealing' you highlighted troubles me. Could you please help me understand that?
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Hi,

It's an idiom that you do not understand.

Something strikes someone as something.
eg
Tom strikes Mary as honest. Mary's first impression of T
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excellent, thanks a lot!
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