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Taka Posted 20 years ago
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uncomfortably
'Rough diamonds' are what we call people in whom the pressures of life have developed great strength and character without making them uncomfortably perfect.
What exactly does 'uncomfortably perfect' mean? What kind of perfection is it like?
What exactly does 'uncomfortably perfect' mean? What kind of perfection is it like?
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Hello Taka I take it to mean that some people appear to be "perfect", in manner and character; their perfection makes us feel uncomfortable, because we are conscious of our own contrasting imperfection. A "rough diamond" on the other hand may have unusual qualities; but perhaps he is not particularly urbane, or is ill at ease socially. This makes us feel less inferior.
- Hello Taka I take it to mean that some people appear to be "perfect", in manner and character; their perfection makes us feel uncomfortable, because we are conscious of our own contrasting imperfection.
- A "rough diamond" on the other hand may have unusual qualities; but perhaps he is not particularly urbane, or is ill at ease socially.
- This makes us feel less inferior.
- I suppose "uncomfortably" is the adverbial equivalent of a transferred epithet, in this instance: it doesn't relate to the manner of "being perfect", but the effect of that perfection on others.
- ) MrP
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Hello Taka
I take it to mean that some people appear to be "perfect", in manner and character; their perfection makes us feel uncomfortable, because we are conscious of our own contrasting imperfection.
A "rough diamond" on the other hand may have unusual qualities; but perhaps he is not particularly urbane, or is ill at ease socially. This makes us feel less inferior.
I take it to mean that some people appear to be "perfect", in manner and character; their perfection makes us feel uncomfortable, because we are conscious of our own contrasting imperfection.
A "rough diamond" on the other hand may have unusual qualities; but perhaps he is not particularly urbane, or is ill at ease socially. This makes us feel less inferior.
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