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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
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tics and tocks
Thus it goes with this psyche. Story erupts, no matter how deeply repressed or buried. Whether in night-dreams, or through one's creative products, or the tics and tocks of neurosis, the story will find its way up and out again.
I remember I searched this phrase on the internet and it means the sound of clock. Nonetheless, I'm not sure if my memory is right and I can't find the source I have ever found. Could you tell me what it means ?
I remember I searched this phrase on the internet and it means the sound of clock. Nonetheless, I'm not sure if my memory is right and I can't find the source I have ever found. Could you tell me what it means ?
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Just as cats say 'meow', clocks say 'tick-tock': it is the sound of the passing of time. 'Tics' are symptoms of neuroses: they are nervous twitches of the face or body. 'Tics and tocks' together is the writer's word play for long-time neurosis.
- Just as cats say 'meow', clocks say 'tick-tock': it is the sound of the passing of time.
- 'Tics' are symptoms of neuroses: they are nervous twitches of the face or body.
- 'Tics and tocks' together is the writer's word play for long-time neurosis.
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Just as cats say 'meow', clocks say 'tick-tock': it is the sound of the passing of time.
'Tics' are symptoms of neuroses: they are nervous twitches of the face or body.
'Tics and tocks' together is the writer's word play for long-time neurosis.
'Tics' are symptoms of neuroses: they are nervous twitches of the face or body.
'Tics and tocks' together is the writer's word play for long-time neurosis.
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