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Akdom Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
price swooning
"With the housing market in a funk and prices swooning, this...."
what does "prices swooning" mean? I get price going up? and why the dictionary definitions don't make sense?
There are what i've found:
Swoon:
1. feel faint with joy: to be overwhelmed by happiness, excitement, adoration, or infatuation
2. fall in faint: to experience a sudden and usually brief loss of consciousness
what does "prices swooning" mean? I get price going up? and why the dictionary definitions don't make sense?
There are what i've found:
Swoon:
1. feel faint with joy: to be overwhelmed by happiness, excitement, adoration, or infatuation
2. fall in faint: to experience a sudden and usually brief loss of consciousness
Top answer
Never heard it before, but I think the "sudden loss of consciousness" would apply. A slow, steady decline would be "under control" in a sense, but when someone swoons, she tumbles, or drops quickly, out of control. "Collapse" is a word that comes to mind, as applied to a person who suddenly faints, or to the twin towers on 9-11.
- Never heard it before, but I think the "sudden loss of consciousness" would apply.
- A slow, steady decline would be "under control" in a sense, but when someone swoons, she tumbles, or drops quickly, out of control.
- "Collapse" is a word that comes to mind, as applied to a person who suddenly faints, or to the twin towers on 9-11.
- This must be old news, because some feel the market has nearly bottomed out.
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Never heard it before, but I think the "sudden loss of consciousness" would apply. A slow, steady decline would be "under control" in a sense, but when someone swoons, she tumbles, or drops quickly, out of control. "Collapse" is a word that comes to mind, as applied to a person who suddenly faints, or to the twin towers on 9-11.
This must be old news, because some feel the market has near
This must be old news, because some feel the market has near
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1. Much of the nation's economy is experiencing something of a swoon, but West Virginia seems to be sheltered to some extent because of the growing interest in energy.
2. Colo. delegates swoon over Palin’s speech.
3. After all they've done, Jets can't swoon over Miami.
4. After basking in endlessly glowing profiles and watching the campaign press corps ogle and swoon at his feet for
2. Colo. delegates swoon over Palin’s speech.
3. After all they've done, Jets can't swoon over Miami.
4. After basking in endlessly glowing profiles and watching the campaign press corps ogle and swoon at his feet for
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Examples 2. and 4. fall under your definition #1 in your OP, particularly the "adoration" / "infatuation" aspect.
I recall that in the 40's the word "swoon" was widely applied to girls who thought a particular guy was just incredibly dreamy and handsome. "She just swooned over him." "She was just swooning over him." Frank Sinatra was very young then, and girls who attended his perform
I recall that in the 40's the word "swoon" was widely applied to girls who thought a particular guy was just incredibly dreamy and handsome. "She just swooned over him." "She was just swooning over him." Frank Sinatra was very young then, and girls who attended his perform
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akdomWith the housing market in a funk and prices swooning,The prices are feeling faint (!), starting to lose consciousness (!), and feeling weak in the knees (!). It won't be long before they hit the floor.
The expression is based on the metaphor "Up is valuable; down is worthless." Houses are cur
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