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Liveinjapan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Push a pea

"All Gibson has done is just to push the pea slightly further uphill with his nose.”

Why does the speaker use 'pea' and 'nose'?

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Just a guess. There are stories in mythology of characters who had to roll a heavy stone up a hill, only to lose it and need to start all over. The pea with the nose could be the same story, only more frustrating and with even less import.

— Avangi

  • Just a guess.
  • There are stories in mythology of characters who had to roll a heavy stone up a hill, only to lose it and need to start all over.
  • The pea with the nose could be the same story, only more frustrating and with even less import.
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Just a guess. There are stories in mythology of characters who had to roll a heavy stone up a hill, only to lose it and need to start all over. The pea with the nose could be the same story, only more frustrating and with even less import.
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Liveinjapan"All Gibson has done is just to push the pea slightly further uphill with his nose.”
That's pretty funny!

CJ
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AvangiJust a guess.  There are stories in mythology of characters who had to roll a heavy stone up a hill, only to lose it and need to start all over.  The pea with the nose could be the same story, only more frustrating and with even less import.

Aha!

Thanks, Avangi and CJ.
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