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Peymands Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "the bottom split of..." ?
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Do you know the meaning of "the bottom split out of his stomach..." In this extract of O'connor's novel?
"...The boy sensed that this was the heart of his great-uncle's madness, this hunger, and what he was secretly afraid of was that it might be passed down, might be hidden
in the blood and might strike some day in him and then he would be tornby hunger like the old man, the bottom split out of his stomach so that nothing would heal or fill it but the bread of life.
He tried when possible to pass over these thoughts, to keep his vision located on an even level, to see no more than what was in front of his face and to let his eyes stop at the surface of that.”
Thank you
Do you know the meaning of "the bottom split out of his stomach..." In this extract of O'connor's novel?
"...The boy sensed that this was the heart of his great-uncle's madness, this hunger, and what he was secretly afraid of was that it might be passed down, might be hidden
in the blood and might strike some day in him and then he would be tornby hunger like the old man, the bottom split out of his stomach so that nothing would heal or fill it but the bread of life.
He tried when possible to pass over these thoughts, to keep his vision located on an even level, to see no more than what was in front of his face and to let his eyes stop at the surface of that.”
Thank you
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" It's an idiom. If you're carrying heavy groceries in a paper or plastic bag, and the bottom suddenly drops out of the bag, we often say that the bottom split out of the bag. The word "split" usually describes the situation in which the torn pieces still remain attached to the bag.
- " It's an idiom.
- If you're carrying heavy groceries in a paper or plastic bag, and the bottom suddenly drops out of the bag, we often say that the bottom split out of the bag.
- The word "split" usually describes the situation in which the torn pieces still remain attached to the bag.
- My pants split open!
- This describes a sudden tearing or ripping action.
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"Split out of." It's an idiom.
If you're carrying heavy groceries in a paper or plastic bag, and the bottom suddenly drops out of the bag, we often say that the bottom split out of the bag.
The word "split" usually describes the situation in which the torn pieces still remain attached to the bag.
My pants split open! This describes a sudden tearing or r
If you're carrying heavy groceries in a paper or plastic bag, and the bottom suddenly drops out of the bag, we often say that the bottom split out of the bag.
The word "split" usually describes the situation in which the torn pieces still remain attached to the bag.
My pants split open! This describes a sudden tearing or r
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It's about the soul. About The Lord and the bread of life is symbolic. The protagonist's uncle is a prophete and get the nephewsome religious lessons to be a prophete. the bread of life is a refferal to bread of jesus which he give to his appstles. But i can not understand theis: "the bottom split out of his stomach so that nothing would heal or fill it but the bread of life"
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I can only guess.
Nothing else can fill his soul other than the bread of life. It's as though his soul's "figurative stomach" had a huge "figurative hole" in the bottom of it, such that nothing could fill it, or be retained in it, save/except for the bread of life.
Nothing else can fill his soul other than the bread of life. It's as though his soul's "figurative stomach" had a huge "figurative hole" in the bottom of it, such that nothing could fill it, or be retained in it, save/except for the bread of life.
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So, you mean with "he would be tornby hunger like the old man, the bottom split out of his stomach so that nothing" the writer has wanted to say that his stomach is torn?
again in the structure of ths clause is split a Noun or a Verb? If it's a verb then why it doesn't have a third person 's'? For this reason I thin it must be a NP "the bottom split" . Could you guide me here?
again in the structure of ths clause is split a Noun or a Verb? If it's a verb then why it doesn't have a third person 's'? For this reason I thin it must be a NP "the bottom split" . Could you guide me here?
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Peymandsthe writer has wanted to say that his stomach is torn?No. He's analyzing the "madness" in the old man, and fearing that he may eventually suffer the same fate.
I'm basing my answer on what you've told me. Nobody's stomach is actually torn.
The hunger and the torn stomach are both figurative --- "symbolic," as you sa
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