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Sundarnaz Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of shadow
May your shadow never be less!
What does 'shadow' mean here, please? I have searched the mean of shadow on the online Cambridge Dictionary; but that makes no sense here.
Thanks.
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I have never heard that saying. It makes no sense to me. I found one explanation in Muslim tradition.
- I have never heard that saying.
- It makes no sense to me.
- I found one explanation in Muslim tradition.
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- the person gets fatter and casts a larger shadow) so next time you have more to give me.
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I have never heard that saying. It makes no sense to me.
I found one explanation in Muslim tradition.
A beggar looks at someone giving him alms and blesses him, “May your shadow never be less.” The beggar means, 'may your wealth increase (i.e. the person gets fatter and casts a larger shadow) so next time you have more to give me. '
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