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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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The horror of that meal
Hi,
I have a question concerning the above mentioned phrase that I found in the book "Parrot and Olivier in America". People are on board a ship and they are going to burry a man who died on board (they are going to throw him in the ocean). Before the burial, one person is watching the sea:
"From the poop I saw some large fish alongside. The horror of that meal."
I don't understand "the horror of that meal", maybe it is because the preposition "of" and the pronoun "that". Who is terrified of what? I would be happy if you could explain it to me.
Many thanks
I have a question concerning the above mentioned phrase that I found in the book "Parrot and Olivier in America". People are on board a ship and they are going to burry a man who died on board (they are going to throw him in the ocean). Before the burial, one person is watching the sea:
"From the poop I saw some large fish alongside. The horror of that meal."
I don't understand "the horror of that meal", maybe it is because the preposition "of" and the pronoun "that". Who is terrified of what? I would be happy if you could explain it to me.
Many thanks
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The deceased is about to become dinner for the large fish? The structure "the ( noun ) of something" is a common way of expressing "how ____ that was/is". The nerve of that woman to speak to me that way!
- The deceased is about to become dinner for the large fish?
- The structure "the ( noun ) of something" is a common way of expressing "how ____ that was/is".
- The nerve of that woman to speak to me that way!
- The joy that news brought us.
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The deceased is about to become dinner for the large fish?
The structure "the (noun) of something" is a common way of expressing "how ____ that was/is". The nerve of that woman to speak to me that way! The joy that news brought us.
The structure "the (noun) of something" is a common way of expressing "how ____ that was/is". The nerve of that woman to speak to me that way! The joy that news brought us.
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AnonymousI saw some large fish alongside. The horror of that meal.Most likely the fish were going to eat the dead man. The speaker finds this a horrible thought.
Don't confuse "horror" -- the sense of revulsion, in this case -- with "terrified" -- "extremely afraid". No one was terrified.
CJ
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