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Milva Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
"loose boards in the floor" & "what he had in you"
I have some doubts about these two sentences:
1. "He walks around like there's loose boards in the floor" - is it an idiomatic expression or just a way to say that somebody behaves/lives with caution?
2. "He didn't know what he had in you" - means that he didn't appreciate someone?
1. "He walks around like there's loose boards in the floor" - is it an idiomatic expression or just a way to say that somebody behaves/lives with caution?
2. "He didn't know what he had in you" - means that he didn't appreciate someone?
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Show context for 2. 1: correct interpretation. It may be created by the writer, not necessarily an idiom.
- Show context for 2.
- 1: correct interpretation.
- It may be created by the writer, not necessarily an idiom.
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Show context for 2.
1: correct interpretation. It may be created by the writer, not necessarily an idiom.
1: correct interpretation. It may be created by the writer, not necessarily an idiom.
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The context for 2 is like that: A man left his wife. Her mothere says "He didn't know what he had in you".
The context for 2 is like that: A man left his wife. Her mothere says "He didn't know what he had in you".
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MilvaThanks
The context for 2 is like that: A man left his wife. Her mothere says "He didn't kn
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No, the mother is consolling her daughter, the wife who has been 'left' by the man, by saying that he didn't appreciate her (he was foolish to leave her). The original is correct.
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