Light a fire
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I searched for the origin of this quotation, and all I found were a handful of Chinese sites. Does "light a fire" have a figurative meaning here? If you light a fire under someone, you try to make them do something.
- I searched for the origin of this quotation, and all I found were a handful of Chinese sites.
- Does "light a fire" have a figurative meaning here?
- If you light a fire under someone, you try to make them do something.
- But I don't see anything like this in the text.
- What about the word 'perfect', does it refer to 'curfew'?
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I searched for the origin of this quotation, and all I found were a handful of Chinese sites.
Does "light a fire" have a figurative meaning here? If you light a fire under someone, you try to make them do something. But I don't see anything like this in the text.
What about the word 'perfect', does it refer to 'curfew'? I have no idea what the writer is talking abou
0anonymousDoes "light a fire" have a figurative meaning here?
No, it is literal. The word "curfew" comes from the Old French covre-feu, "cover the fire". In medieval Europe, curfew-bells were rung in the evening signaling the time when everyone had to extinguish their fires. The word does not mean that any more, but your line is from a historical stor
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