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Cedric2008 Posted 18 years ago
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slave pit

1b00It's time for you to look for a job. Maybe it's your first job, maybe it's a job in a new field, or maybe it's just an improvement over the slave pit in which you now toil.02b02br
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00"slave pit" refers to a deep hole in the ground from which minerals are dug out, where people work as a slave, and "the slave pit in which you now toil"figuratively means a work for which you are paid an unreasonably samll amount of money.02br
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0pretty much, but a slave pit was where slaves were kept, not a quarry. Also, I'd take the comparison to mean they are worked hard and not treated well by the company, rather than necessarily being very badly paid. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0pretty much, but a slave pit was where slaves were kept, not a quarry.
  • Also, I'd take the comparison to mean they are worked hard and not treated well by the company, rather than necessarily being very badly paid.
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0pretty much, but a slave pit was where slaves were kept, not a quarry. Also, I'd take the comparison to mean they are worked hard and not treated well by the company, rather than necessarily being very badly paid. 0-
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0I got it. nona the brit,thank you.0-
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