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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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To Have the Wind up
The narrator in Ernest Hemingway's "On the Quai at Smyrna" says "I had the wind up when we came in that morning". He is narrating an event when he was comming closer to the pier in a boat. I'm just not quite sure what the expression "I had the wind up" means here. If someone could clarify it to me I would be very thankful.
From Hala in Lebanon
From Hala in Lebanon
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Hi, Basically, it means 'I was scared'. Clive
- Hi, Basically, it means 'I was scared'.
- Clive
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Hello
Thanks Clive for the explanation. I just need one more clarification. As an expression, "I had the wind up", does it carry any undertone? Would Hemingway have used it to imply any veiled meaning?
Hala
Thanks Clive for the explanation. I just need one more clarification. As an expression, "I had the wind up", does it carry any undertone? Would Hemingway have used it to imply any veiled meaning?
Hala
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Hi,
Is there some reason in the context for him to be scared?
If not, then consider this. A sailing boat needs the wind. Is it possible that he is just saying that it was a windy day?
Clive
Is there some reason in the context for him to be scared?
If not, then consider this. A sailing boat needs the wind. Is it possible that he is just saying that it was a windy day?
Clive
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