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Norwolf Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
pluck a rose
Hi, teachers.
I learnt this: "to pluck a rose" means "to go to the bathroom".
And I want to know why. Does it come from a story?
Thank you very much.
I learnt this: "to pluck a rose" means "to go to the bathroom".
And I want to know why. Does it come from a story?
Thank you very much.
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I've never heard or read that expression in my life. Where did you hear or read it?
- I've never heard or read that expression in my life.
- Where did you hear or read it?
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I've never heard or read that expression in my life.
Where did you hear or read it?
Where did you hear or read it?
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It's not common among native English speakers. It might be an example of Indian English in which people say "pluck flowers" instead of the native pick flowers.
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pluck in the sense of pick a flower is not unusual English.
It's the idiomatic meaning about going to the bathroom that is strange.
It's the idiomatic meaning about going to the bathroom that is strange.
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Thank you all very much. To hear them talk, I should think it an idiom.
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