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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Land of Plenty and survival?

Hi all,
Do you what the author means by the following sentence:

" When people are losing their ass in the land of plenty, they do what they have to do to survive."

Thanks
  

Top answer

, through an economic recession), they do whatever is necessary to go on living the best they can. CJ

— CalifJim

  • , through an economic recession), they do whatever is necessary to go on living the best they can.
  • CJ
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When people are suddenly becoming much poorer (e.g., through an economic recession), they do whatever is necessary to go on living the best they can.

CJ
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Thanks for your response, but I can't understand the concept of being poor and trying for survival when you are living in the land of plenty?
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AnonymousI can't understand the concept of being poor and trying for survival when you are living in the land of plenty
Neither can the speaker. The speaker's attitude is that life is unfair. He's talking about people who are surrounded by wealth but has none of it for himself. He's also being sarcastic, saying it's the land of plenty when it's clearly not.
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