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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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how big of a hole

0A survivor team is not doing so good. After several days at their assigned beach, they still do not have fire and are running out of wild food. 02br
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00The host asks, "How big of a hole are you in?"02br
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00I guess it means, "How bad is your situation?"02br
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00Please correct me if I'm wrong.02br
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0 Yes. It's an allusion to trouble of some kind. " All these are related phrases.

— Philip

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0 Yes. It's an allusion to trouble of some kind. "You are in deep trouble, brother!" "He's deep in debt." "I've really dug a hole for myself this time!" All these are related phrases. 0-
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0By the way, when you talk about how big a hole is, are you referring to the depth/diameter of it?02br
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0 The depth: how hard it would be to get out of it. 0-
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0I have to say I'm surprised by that.02br
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00If there's a narrow but deep well in front of you, would you say "Wow, this well is big!"0-
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10I have to say I'm surprised by that.12br
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10If there's a narrow but deep well in front of you, would you say "Wow, this well is big!"12br
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10I would say that the well is very deep. The well is big gives impression that it has a b
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0This "hole" is metaphorical - it doesn't have depth or width.02br
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00How big = how hard to get out. There's no need to assess whether this metaphorical hole is deeper than wide, etc. Usually it's harder to get out of something deep, so if you want to think of it as depth, that's fine. I'm in trouble? How deep.0-
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