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What is the meaning of" with the rest underneath , catching the crumbs" in the following text?
We will all "sit around the table, "Aristide promised his fellow Haitians ," instead of just a few, with the rest underneath, catching the crumbs"
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The people sitting around the table can afford to pay for their dinner. ) The people underneath the table cannot afford to pay for their dinner. They have to eat the scraps that the other people drop.
- The people sitting around the table can afford to pay for their dinner.
- ) The people underneath the table cannot afford to pay for their dinner.
- They have to eat the scraps that the other people drop.
- ) Aristide promised that everyone would be able to afford food; there would be no more beggars eating crumbs or going hungry.
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The people sitting around the table can afford to pay for their dinner. (They are the rich people.)
The people underneath the table cannot afford to pay for their dinner. They have to eat the scraps that the other people drop. (They are the poor people.)
Aristide promised that everyone would be able to afford food; there would be no more beggars eating crumbs or going hungry.
0I think he was speaking metaphorically, meaning that all Haitians, not just the few in charge of the regime, would benefit from his election.
Very soon after his election, he did invite the poor to lunch, but nevertheless his words were mainly metaphorical.
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