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Blueblooded65 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

her wings had grown up.

Is it right if I say, "Her wings had grown up."
  

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No. You have not named the species, but one of these is probably correct: Her wings had unfolded. Her wings had engorged.

  • No.
  • You have not named the species, but one of these is probably correct: Her wings had unfolded.
  • Her wings had engorged.
  • Her wing feathers had grown out.
  • She had fledged.
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No. You have not named the species, but one of these is probably correct:

Her wings had unfolded.
Her wings had engorged.
Her wing feathers had grown out.
She had fledged.
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thanks a lot
im talking about a person who is now motivated.
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Then I do not recognize the metaphor. 'Wings' and 'motivation'—perhaps it is a metaphor in your language?
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blueblooded65thanks a lotim talking about a person who is now motivated.
We say that a person has spread his wings when he has taken on a new endeavor. "She had spread her wings." But I'll bet you all the money in my pocket that the past perfect is not called for.
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I mean her attitudes had grown up and she wanted to do great things for humanity.
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blueblooded65 mean her attitudes had grown up and she wanted to do great things for humanity.
I believe that has the elements of an oxymoron.
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She had become altruistic?
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yes
but i want to use "wings"

for what situations do you use "wing" for a person?
here i mean she was going to do great deeds and leave this earthly cage and her belongings.
so i dont just mean altruistic. i mean doing great jobs.
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blueblooded65for what situations do you use "wing" for a person?here i mean she was going to do great deeds and leave this earthly cage and her belongings.
I still think that you are trying to impose an idiom in your own language onto English. Offhand, I know no idiom with wings for what you intend. Enoon has already indicated how we often use it: we 'try our

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