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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

married in white : what's it meaning?

I've read Peter Pan and Wendy. And found some idioms that I don't understand. What's it means in the sentence "Mrs.Darling was married in white." I thinks it's not mean that she wear white clothes isn't it? Please let me know. (I'm in the country that don't speak english in common life)

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Yes it does refer to the colour of her wedding dress. Perhaps it is meant to show that they did have a traditional wedding despite their limited finances, or that she was a 'good' women (it has a symbolic meaning of purity), or that she got her wish - which was more the wedding than the marriage, or it could just be to show that they were a very conventional couple following the standard progression from courtship. I don't know, there could be lots of interpretations as to why the author made a point of mentioning it, but it is the colour of a traditional wedding dress in the UK.

— Nona the brit

  • Yes it does refer to the colour of her wedding dress.
  • Perhaps it is meant to show that they did have a traditional wedding despite their limited finances, or that she was a 'good' women (it has a symbolic meaning of purity), or that she got her wish - which was more the wedding than the marriage, or it could just be to show that they were a very conventional couple following the standard progression from courtship.
  • I don't know, there could be lots of interpretations as to why the author made a point of mentioning it, but it is the colour of a traditional wedding dress in the UK.
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Yes it does refer to the colour of her wedding dress. Perhaps it is meant to show that they did have a traditional wedding despite their limited finances, or that she was a 'good' women (it has a symbolic meaning of purity), or that she got her wish - which was more the wedding than the marriage, or it could just be to show that they were a very conventional couple following the standard progress
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Yes, white signifies purity and also the colour of the wedding dress. I love white weddings!
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