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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Paint

Hi.

What does 'paint' mean in:

" If he or she starts complaining about your activities, don't retaliate by painting your partner as a jailer, a warden, or an albatross around your neck."?

Means telling them in words that they are jailer, albatross, etc?

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

Here, paint = describe, delineate, characterize.

— Mister Micawber

  • Here, paint = describe, delineate, characterize.
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Here, paint = describe, delineate, characterize.
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just in your mind(remaining silent), or to tell him expressedly?
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Either can be done. Which do you think applies here, and why?
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Telling him expressedly is immidiately retaliating.concealing your painting and revealing it sometimes later is futuristic retaliation....

But maybe they mean the immediate one
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Yes, I agree. 'Retaliate' means 'act against', not just 'think against'.
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I think it was used in extended meaning.)
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What do you mean?And I was thinking if a NE would say that?
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Who are you speaking to, soheil?
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