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Soheil1 Posted 5 years ago
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Hi

What does

"...",” or so the litany goes.

mean?

Thanks in advance

  

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Generally speaking, the word litany mans' a long and tedious recital''. We often speak of eg a litany of complaints. so r efers to something that has been previously mentioned.

  • Generally speaking, the word litany mans' a long and tedious recital''.
  • We often speak of eg a litany of complaints.
  • so r efers to something that has been previously mentioned.
  • eg I know she loves me because she says so .
  • The verb go has many meanings, eg I know how his complaints go .
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Generally speaking, the word litany mans' a long and tedious recital''.

We often speak of eg a litany of complaints.

so refers to something that has been previously mentioned. eg I know she loves me because she says so.

The verb go has many meanings, eg I know how his complaints go. I've heard them many times.


Clive.

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soheil1or so the litany goes

~ at least that's what people usually say (whether it's true or not)

If it's a litany of complaints,

~ at least those are the complaints that people usually list (whether valid or not)

CJ

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