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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

on the line

The sheets are on the line.

Can any advisor tell me what it mean? Thanks.

LC
  

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I think the most likely meaning is that some of the bedclothes are hanging on the clothesline to dry after being washed . (There are usually two sheets on a bed. One sheet is underneath the the person (or people) using the bed.

  • I think the most likely meaning is that some of the bedclothes are hanging on the clothesline to dry after being washed .
  • (There are usually two sheets on a bed.
  • One sheet is underneath the the person (or people) using the bed.
  • q=sheets sheet A broad rectangular piece of fabric serving as a basic article of bedding.
  • (other definitions…) ---------------- 'On the line' can be used in other ways, too.
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I think the most likely meaning is that some of the bedclothes are hanging on the clothesline to dry after being washed.

(There are usually two sheets on a bed. One sheet is underneath the the person (or people) using the bed. The other sheet is over the person (or people) using the bed.)

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Thank you so much for such an explicit explanation.

LC

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