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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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I was well in over my head
“I’m not accusing you of murder,” I said. “I’ merely staring the obvious.”
“Which is?”
“Which is,” I said, taking a deep breath, “that you’ve been in hiding, that Rupert had been beating you, that there was Another Woman, and that you’re pregnant.”
In these waters, I was well in over my head, but still, determined to swim like a dog tossed off the end of a pier Even so, the effect of my words on Nialla was quite remarkable. I thought for an instant that she was going to slap my face.
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“Which is?”
“Which is,” I said, taking a deep breath, “that you’ve been in hiding, that Rupert had been beating you, that there was Another Woman, and that you’re pregnant.”
In these waters, I was well in over my head, but still, determined to swim like a dog tossed off the end of a pier Even so, the effect of my words on Nialla was quite remarkable. I thought for an instant that she was going to slap my face.
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What’s the meaning of the highlighted?
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Given the lead-in, I would have expected the analogy to be obvious: like a person (who can't swim) in over their head in water, the narrator is in a lot of danger or trouble because he's in a situation he's not equipped to deal with.
- Given the lead-in, I would have expected the analogy to be obvious: like a person (who can't swim) in over their head in water, the narrator is in a lot of danger or trouble because he's in a situation he's not equipped to deal with.
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Given the lead-in, I would have expected the analogy to be obvious: like a person (who can't swim) in over their head in water, the narrator is in a lot of danger or trouble because he's in a situation he's not equipped to deal with.
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