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Rubenadriaan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

"Take life in equal measures"

When someone says:
"come what may, take life in equal measures."

That means keeping your balance and not losing focus? I'm not sure what's meant with 'equal measures'

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Rubenadriaan I'm not sure what's meant with 'equal measures' "in equal measures" means "equally". You have to have two (or more) things in order to say "equally", so there is something anomalous about this usage. "give and take life in equal measures" might be possible, as would "the best and the worst day of my life in equal measures", but what you have doesn't exactly make a lot of sense.

— CalifJim

  • Rubenadriaan I'm not sure what's meant with 'equal measures' "in equal measures" means "equally".
  • You have to have two (or more) things in order to say "equally", so there is something anomalous about this usage.
  • "give and take life in equal measures" might be possible, as would "the best and the worst day of my life in equal measures", but what you have doesn't exactly make a lot of sense.
  • I suppose we might supplement what is written by assuming it means "take (the good and the bad in) life in equal measures".
  • Then your interpretation regarding balance seems about as good as any we might consider.
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RubenadriaanI'm not sure what's meant with 'equal measures'
"in equal measures" means "equally". You have to have two (or more) things in order to say "equally", so there is something anomalous about this usage. "give and take life in equal measures" might be possible, as would "the best and the worst day of my life in equal measures", but what you have does
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