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Land/person viewed
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An author of a book about magic writes that weavers intentionally left some imperfections in the rug. They did it because "anything nearing perfection invited envy and courted disaster from the gods, who didn't care for human perfection. Jealous looks or even open admiration could land the dreaded "evil eye" on the rug. This evil eye - a look supposedly able to transfer negative energies between the viewer and the object or person viewed - was so feared that nothing was made precisely to the pattern".
1. Does "land" mean here "attract"?
2. Does it mean that the evil eye could be transferred, first from gods to the object, then to the viewer looking at this object? What about "person viewed" - I don't understand this part? Does it make sense at all?
An author of a book about magic writes that weavers intentionally left some imperfections in the rug. They did it because "anything nearing perfection invited envy and courted disaster from the gods, who didn't care for human perfection. Jealous looks or even open admiration could land the dreaded "evil eye" on the rug. This evil eye - a look supposedly able to transfer negative energies between the viewer and the object or person viewed - was so feared that nothing was made precisely to the pattern".
1. Does "land" mean here "attract"?
2. Does it mean that the evil eye could be transferred, first from gods to the object, then to the viewer looking at this object? What about "person viewed" - I don't understand this part? Does it make sense at all?
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Hi, 1. Does "land" mean here "attract"? No.
- Hi, 1.
- Does "land" mean here "attract"?
- No.
- land the dreaded "evil eye".
- get (the person who is giving) the 'evil eye' into on the rug a lot of trouble.
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Hi,
1. Does "land" mean here "attract"? No.
land the dreaded "evil eye".get (the person who is giving) the 'evil eye' into
on the rug a lot
1. Does "land" mean here "attract"? No.
land the dreaded "evil eye".get (the person who is giving) the 'evil eye' into
on the rug a lot
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Hi Clive
This text is about rugs so I think it's not an idiom here.
So it means that jealous looks and admiration could make that the evil eye would get into the rug, would reside in the rug, inside it?
As for the second one my understanding is: the evil eye is transferred, first from gods to the object (the rug n this case), then to the viewer looking at this object (th
This text is about rugs so I think it's not an idiom here.
So it means that jealous looks and admiration could make that the evil eye would get into the rug, would reside in the rug, inside it?
As for the second one my understanding is: the evil eye is transferred, first from gods to the object (the rug n this case), then to the viewer looking at this object (th
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Hi,
This text is about rugs so I think it's not an idiom here.
So it means that jealous looks and admiration could make that the evil eye would get into the rug, would reside in the rug, inside it? I suppose so. It's not well expressed.
As for the second one my understanding is: the evil eye is trans
This text is about rugs so I think it's not an idiom here.
So it means that jealous looks and admiration could make that the evil eye would get into the rug, would reside in the rug, inside it? I suppose so. It's not well expressed.
As for the second one my understanding is: the evil eye is trans
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