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Sarunnio Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Wax lyrical
does "waxing lyrical" in the below sentence mean "doing some regular job"?
and where did the words originate from? thank you so much.
Janie is in her final year at university and hoping to find a career in journalism when she graduates. She writes for both work and pleasure, and when not waxing lyrical she can invariably be found browsing in the shopping mall.
and where did the words originate from? thank you so much.
Janie is in her final year at university and hoping to find a career in journalism when she graduates. She writes for both work and pleasure, and when not waxing lyrical she can invariably be found browsing in the shopping mall.
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Sarunnio does "waxing lyrical" in the below sentence mean "doing some regular job"? No; to 'wax lyrical' is to begin speaking or writing more enthusiastically or poetically about a topic. Here, it just means 'writing well'.
- Sarunnio does "waxing lyrical" in the below sentence mean "doing some regular job"?
- No; to 'wax lyrical' is to begin speaking or writing more enthusiastically or poetically about a topic.
- Here, it just means 'writing well'.
- Sarunnio where did the words originate from?
- I doubt a source for the phrase can be pinpointed.
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Sarunniodoes "waxing lyrical" in the below sentence mean "doing some regular job"?No; to 'wax lyrical' is to begin speaking or writing more enthusiastically or poetically about a topic. Here, it just means 'writing well'.
Sarunniowhere did the words originate from?I doubt a source for the phrase can be pinpointed. 'Wax'
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