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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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"Well, I started out down a dirty road": what does "down a dirty road" mean?
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thanks for help.
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Is the writer using this in a non-literal sense? He's not actually standing on a road that appears to be littered with trash, etc.? A little more context would be helpful.
- Is the writer using this in a non-literal sense?
- He's not actually standing on a road that appears to be littered with trash, etc.?
- A little more context would be helpful.
- He may mean "dirty" in the sense of corruption, or just plain old "not nice" behavior.
- "Down a road" can be a metaphor for "how my life was going" in this case.
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Is the writer using this in a non-literal sense? He's not actually standing on a road that appears to be littered with trash, etc.?
A little more context would be helpful. He may mean "dirty" in the sense of corruption, or just plain old "not nice" behavior. "Down a road" can be a metaphor for "how my life was going" in this case. So let's say a policeman just took a bribe, and it woul
A little more context would be helpful. He may mean "dirty" in the sense of corruption, or just plain old "not nice" behavior. "Down a road" can be a metaphor for "how my life was going" in this case. So let's say a policeman just took a bribe, and it woul
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"down a dirty road"= along a dirty road
I started to go along a very dangerous/dirty road
I started to go along a very dangerous/dirty road
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Anonymous"Well, I started out down a dirty road": what does "down a dirty road" mean?Is it possible that you mean dirt road? That is an unpaved road. Down is a preposition in your sentence and means more or less the same as along.
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