In the same mask of shock
What do "in the same mask of shock" and "fold around" mean?
It was a high-pitched screech, and it was fast becoming painfully loud. I looked up, startled.
I saw several things simultaneously. Nothing was moving in slow motion, the way it does in the movies. Instead, the adrenaline rush seemed to make may brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once.
He was standing four cars from me, staring at me in horror. His face stood out from a sea of faces, all frozen in the same mask of shock. But of more immediate importance was the dark blue van that was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. It was going to hit the back corner of my truck, and I was standing between them.
Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard. but not from the direction I was expecting. My head cracked against the icy blacktop.
Top answer
The writer is likening an expression of shock to a "mask". "folding" has its normal meaning -- like folding a piece of paper. We don't often use "folding" about solid objects like vehicles, but given enough force metal can fold too.
- The writer is likening an expression of shock to a "mask".
- "folding" has its normal meaning -- like folding a piece of paper.
- We don't often use "folding" about solid objects like vehicles, but given enough force metal can fold too.
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The writer is likening an expression of shock to a "mask".
"folding" has its normal meaning -- like folding a piece of paper. We don't often use "folding" about solid objects like vehicles, but given enough force metal can fold too.
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