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Kapa Posted 11 years ago
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Hello friends,

Would you please explain to me the meaning of the bold part? It should have a figurative meaning.

She never knew how she got the car started, how she held it in the road, how she got home without a serious accident. I love you. As you please. Had he not said that, perhaps she would have survived. If he had fought her fairly, she could have flung his words back at him, but she could not catch mercury and hold it in her hands.

Thank you for your help
  

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Kapa she could not catch mercury and hold it in her hands She could not hold on to something so mercurial. Mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood <a mercurial temper>

— Mister Micawber

  • Kapa she could not catch mercury and hold it in her hands She could not hold on to something so mercurial.
  • Mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood <a mercurial temper>
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Kapashe could not catch mercury and hold it in her hands
She could not hold on to something so mercurial.

Mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood <a mercurial temper>
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Mister Micawber Kapashe could not catch mercury and hold it in her handsShe could not hold on to something so mercurial.Mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
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