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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Strangle

"A goal orientation strangles the life out of spiritual practice. It strangles happiness. "

I guess strangle the life out of something is an idiom. Does it mean kill or something?

Thanks in advance!
  

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mariott strangle the life out of something I think of it as a metaphor as well as an idiom. " The action causes something (the life, the water) to leave. Figuratively, it means to restrict, inhibit, cause somethng to leave or die.

— Avangi

  • mariott strangle the life out of something I think of it as a metaphor as well as an idiom.
  • " The action causes something (the life, the water) to leave.
  • Figuratively, it means to restrict, inhibit, cause somethng to leave or die.
  • I trust you've checked a dictionary for other ideas.
  • (Of course in actual fact, the action cuts off the flow of life-sustaining substances, such as blood and oxygen.
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mariott strangle the life out of something
I think of it as a metaphor as well as an idiom. Sometimes it means to squeeze, as to "wring the water out of a mop."
The action causes something (the life, the water) to leave.

Figuratively, it means to restrict, inhibit, cause somethng to leave or die.

I trust you've checked a dictionary for o
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Thanks a lot Avangi!!!
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