Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar
The proof that the well-bred neurosis really has nothing to do with manners, is that those who suffer from it often find it as difficult to praise someone as to be insulting. Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar It is not a question of manners. The issue is freedom versus rationalized slavery. "Maybe it's just plain snobbishness.... I was brought up to assume that it's bad taste to tell people of your personal interests." Or, "I always shuddered at people who went around sounding off about their likes and dislikes, and what they ate for breakfast. Stop the presses, and all that." (By Salter)
Hello,
1. What does "Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar" mean?
Is honey the metaphor for "praise"? Is it not as easy to sweet talk to someone as to satirize (vinegar)?
2. What does "stop the presses" mean? Stop pressing other people to hearing "your" stories, taste, etc?
Thanks!
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iclearwater 1. What does "Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar" mean? It is not an idiom I am familiar with; it may have been coined here.
- iclearwater 1.
- What does "Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar" mean?
- It is not an idiom I am familiar with; it may have been coined here.
- Using 'express' to mean 'say, state', the phrase is straightforward: .
- it [is] as difficult to praise someone (= 'honey', sweet talk) as to be insulting (= 'vinegar', acerbic talk) .
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iclearwater1. What does "Honey is as difficult to express as vinegar" mean?
It is not an idiom I am familiar with; it may have been coined here. Using 'express' to mean 'say, state', the phrase is straightforward:
...it [is] as difficult to praise someone (= 'honey', sweet talk) as to be insulting (= 'vinegar', acerbic talk).
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