No more...than
While reading Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities', I found a sentence that I can't grab the meaning of:
'...he no more thought of emerging from his state of lion’s jackal, than any real jackal may be supposed to think of rising to be a lion.'
I'm not sure about this 'no more...than' construction.
Please help me with it.
Top answer
Two things are being compared: 1. him thinking of emerging from his state of "lion's jackal" 2. a real jackal thinking of rising to be a lion It is saying that (1) was no more likely than (2).
- Two things are being compared: 1.
- him thinking of emerging from his state of "lion's jackal" 2.
- a real jackal thinking of rising to be a lion It is saying that (1) was no more likely than (2).
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Two things are being compared:
1. him thinking of emerging from his state of "lion's jackal"
2. a real jackal thinking of rising to be a lion
It is saying that (1) was no more likely than (2).
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