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DirtyGame Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "black and white" in the following sentence mean?
"You’ll find the response to be rather similar, giving a black-and-white perspective on the situation."
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" means a straight-forward, simple, and direct account of the situation. It might be used so as to indicate that the response is absent any "colorful" opinions or embellishments, and rather relies on simple facts. "Black and white" as an idiom has many uses; some are as follows: a simple and certain opinion a very clear choice between two items lacking confusion or ambiguity
- " means a straight-forward, simple, and direct account of the situation.
- It might be used so as to indicate that the response is absent any "colorful" opinions or embellishments, and rather relies on simple facts.
- "Black and white" as an idiom has many uses; some are as follows: a simple and certain opinion a very clear choice between two items lacking confusion or ambiguity
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"A black-and-white perspective..." means a straight-forward, simple, and direct account of the situation. It might be used so as to indicate that the response is absent any "colorful" opinions or embellishments, and rather relies on simple facts.
"Black and white" as an idiom has many uses; some are as follows:
"Black and white" as an idiom has many uses; some are as follows:
- a simple and certain opinion
- a very clear choice between two
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DirtyGamea black-and-white perspective'black-and-white' can mean unnuanced, i.e., lacking "sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value)". (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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