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00 I don't understand the meaning of this sentence from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley": 02 br
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00 'We said grace and afterward drank a toast all around and "ate ourselves into a proper insensibility".' 02 br
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00 I know the constant irony along his writing but here I cannot pick the figured meaning. 02 br
00 Jo. 0-
00 I don't understand the meaning of this sentence from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley": 02 br
02 br
00 'We said grace and afterward drank a toast all around and "ate ourselves into a proper insensibility".' 02 br
02 br
00 I know the constant irony along his writing but here I cannot pick the figured meaning. 02 br
00 Jo. 0-
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" 02 br 02 br 00 He ate himself sick. ) 02 br 02 br 00 We laughed ourselves silly. ) 02 br 02 br 00 She ran herself ragged.
- " 02 br 02 br 00 He ate himself sick.
- ) 02 br 02 br 00 We laughed ourselves silly.
- ) 02 br 02 br 00 She ran herself ragged.
- (She ran - usually figuratively, meaning she "ran around" trying to do too many things -- until she was worn out) 02 br 02 br 00 She cried herself to sleep.
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0 It means "we put ourselves into a state of insensibility by eating too much." 02 br
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00 He ate himself sick. (He ate until he became sick.) 02 br
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00 We laughed ourselves silly. (We laughed until we became silly.) 02 br
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00 She ran herself ragged. (She ran - usually figuratively, meaning she "ran around" trying to do too many th
02 br
00 He ate himself sick. (He ate until he became sick.) 02 br
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00 We laughed ourselves silly. (We laughed until we became silly.) 02 br
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00 She ran herself ragged. (She ran - usually figuratively, meaning she "ran around" trying to do too many th
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