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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
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Two sentences
Hello, all!
I was wondering how I could understand these two sentences:
1. "I was cut underneath by another (man?)"
2. "Cross your heart and hope to die" I know cross MY heart and hope to die, but in this example, could it be something like "if YOU lie I'll die"?
Thanks in advance
I was wondering how I could understand these two sentences:
1. "I was cut underneath by another (man?)"
2. "Cross your heart and hope to die" I know cross MY heart and hope to die, but in this example, could it be something like "if YOU lie I'll die"?
Thanks in advance
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it was very fantastic sentences
- it was very fantastic sentences
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Hi,
I am not familiar with the first one.
The second, 'cross your heart and hope to die' is just putting the 'cross my heart and hope to die' pledge on them - you are asking them to swear they are telling the truth (or they die).
I am not familiar with the first one.
The second, 'cross your heart and hope to die' is just putting the 'cross my heart and hope to die' pledge on them - you are asking them to swear they are telling the truth (or they die).
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Thanks, Nona.
Could "I was cut underneath" be similar to "I was undercut"?
Could "I was cut underneath" be similar to "I was undercut"?
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Hello Pieanne
I've never heard 'I was cut underneath' either.
A competitor who sells his goods or services cheaper than yours is 'undercutting' you, and you could say that you were 'undercut' by him.
If I did hear 'I was cut underneath', I would take it in a literal sense: a whale might be 'cut underneath' by a malicious deep-sea diver...
MrP
I've never heard 'I was cut underneath' either.
A competitor who sells his goods or services cheaper than yours is 'undercutting' you, and you could say that you were 'undercut' by him.
If I did hear 'I was cut underneath', I would take it in a literal sense: a whale might be 'cut underneath' by a malicious deep-sea diver...
MrP
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Thank you, Mr P. & Nona.
I'd never heard that either.
They're lyrics from a rather obscure song...
I'd never heard that either.
They're lyrics from a rather obscure song...
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Perhaps it is just a way of saying 'hurt inside'-- psychologically injured.
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'Wishing I was yours forever
Can we rely on love?
I was lost, cut underneath by another
and the feeling that crept into our home'
Is it this one, Pieanne? (From a google.)
It sounds like a mixture of 'undercut' and MisterM's interpretation.
MrP
Can we rely on love?
I was lost, cut underneath by another
and the feeling that crept into our home'
Is it this one, Pieanne? (From a google.)
It sounds like a mixture of 'undercut' and MisterM's interpretation.
MrP
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Yes indeed, it IS!
You DO amaze me!
Does it more or less mean that another man I guess + the feeling etc... was making her feel bad, preventing her to feel happy?
You DO amaze me!
Does it more or less mean that another man I guess + the feeling etc... was making her feel bad, preventing her to feel happy?
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Well...I don't entirely understand the song...but...
It seems to contrast 'now' ('summer', 'loving again') with 'then' ('winter'). So I suppose things didn't go too well between them for a while (winter); but now everything's ok again (summer).
The 'cutting beneath' happened during 'winter'; but I'm not sure whether the 'other' was another man (her affair) or another woman (hi
It seems to contrast 'now' ('summer', 'loving again') with 'then' ('winter'). So I suppose things didn't go too well between them for a while (winter); but now everything's ok again (summer).
The 'cutting beneath' happened during 'winter'; but I'm not sure whether the 'other' was another man (her affair) or another woman (hi
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Well, I don't entirely understand it either
It's a shame, because the melody & the voice are great, and I expected something mor
It's a shame, because the melody & the voice are great, and I expected something mor
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