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"A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye"
Please tell me what the author wants to convey. I would like to know the hidden meaning of the sentence.
Please tell me what the author wants to convey. I would like to know the hidden meaning of the sentence.
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Relativity of all things in the universe. (my first interpretation) A similar Chinese proverb: a frog sitting at a bottom of a well thinks the universe is only as big as the well. With different situations where the sentence is used, it could mean many different things, but relativity of sorts should always apply.
- Relativity of all things in the universe.
- (my first interpretation) A similar Chinese proverb: a frog sitting at a bottom of a well thinks the universe is only as big as the well.
- With different situations where the sentence is used, it could mean many different things, but relativity of sorts should always apply.
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Relativity of all things in the universe. (my first interpretation)
A similar Chinese proverb: a frog sitting at a bottom of a well thinks the universe is only as big as the well.
With different situations where the sentence is used, it could mean many different things, but relativity of sorts should always apply.
A similar Chinese proverb: a frog sitting at a bottom of a well thinks the universe is only as big as the well.
With different situations where the sentence is used, it could mean many different things, but relativity of sorts should always apply.
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Thanks Mr. Holyduke
But the thing is not very clear to me yet.
Does it mean, sometimes the far away things/people are not to be seen my us as our eyes are blocked by something else.
Please suggest.
For sure, there is some thing very important in that which I cannot understand
But the thing is not very clear to me yet.
Does it mean, sometimes the far away things/people are not to be seen my us as our eyes are blocked by something else.
Please suggest.
For sure, there is some thing very important in that which I cannot understand
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With no further context, I can only give you so much 
A star is billions of times larger than a penny (don't actually know ho
A star is billions of times larger than a penny (don't actually know ho
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