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Szita1 Posted 14 years ago
Song Writing & Lyrics

grapes of wrath

- Going far? - No, just a couple of miles.
- I'd have walked her if my dogs wasn't pooped out.

The two lines above are from The Grapes Of Wrath. I figured out that "dogs" means legs, but I have no idea what "her" could mean, why it is there anyway.
  

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Hi, I'd have walked the distance, the route. In some varieties of informal speech, a thing can be referred to as 'her'. The speaker really just means I would have walked, except I am tired.

— Clive

  • Hi, I'd have walked the distance, the route.
  • In some varieties of informal speech, a thing can be referred to as 'her'.
  • The speaker really just means I would have walked, except I am tired.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I'd have walked the distance, the route. In some varieties of informal speech, a thing can be referred to as 'her'.

The speaker really just means I would have walked, except I am tired.

Clive
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"Dogs" is usually slang for feet, not legs as a whole.
"My dogs are barking" = my feet are really sore from so much standing/walking.
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