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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Going through a motion
Cheri cheri lady, going through a motion
Love is where you find it, listen to your heart
What does going through a motion mean with these lines?
Love is where you find it, listen to your heart
What does going through a motion mean with these lines?
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"going through the motions" is an idiom. It means to do something out of habit, and with a growing feeling that you do not like what you are doing, or you are just pretending to do something. Here is an example: Another student sits nearby, going through the motions of reading but really is just flipping each page as if impatient to find a picture.
- "going through the motions" is an idiom.
- It means to do something out of habit, and with a growing feeling that you do not like what you are doing, or you are just pretending to do something.
- Here is an example: Another student sits nearby, going through the motions of reading but really is just flipping each page as if impatient to find a picture.
- In the song, the writer is telling us not to just keep up a relationship by "going through the motions"
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"going through the motions" is an idiom. It means to do something out of habit, and with a growing feeling that you do not like what you are doing, or you are just pretending to do something. Here is an example:
Another student sits nearby, going through the motions of reading but really is just flipping each page as if impatient to find a picture.
In the song, the writer is t
Another student sits nearby, going through the motions of reading but really is just flipping each page as if impatient to find a picture.
In the song, the writer is t
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Hi Volcano
The usual idiom is "http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+through+the+motions (of something)".
I suspect the person may have intentionally changed the idiom slightly (i.e. used the singular "a motion") in order to create a little play on words -- saying the words
The usual idiom is "http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+through+the+motions (of something)".
I suspect the person may have intentionally changed the idiom slightly (i.e. used the singular "a motion") in order to create a little play on words -- saying the words
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So what would you say instead?
Cheri cheri lady, ................
Love is where you find it, listen to your heart.
Cheri cheri lady, ................
Love is where you find it, listen to your heart.
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Given poetic license, there is nothing wrong with the original!
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Hi Volcano
I've now googled the lyrics for that song. Although I did find one site with "going through a motion", all of the other sites I looked at had it written as "going through emotion".
If I wanted to interpret "going through emotion", I'd say that in the context it is simply a reference to experiencing or feeling the emotions that are typically connected with or part of r
I've now googled the lyrics for that song. Although I did find one site with "going through a motion", all of the other sites I looked at had it written as "going through emotion".
If I wanted to interpret "going through emotion", I'd say that in the context it is simply a reference to experiencing or feeling the emotions that are typically connected with or part of r
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