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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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What does this mean "descent into the sewer lament"
Is it an idiom? Can anyone clear this one for me? I've been browsing around but can't seam to find an answer.
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It helps a lot when the entire quote is posted, not just a snippet! This snippet cannot be properly parsed on its own. " ament means to bemoan, or cry in sorrow.
- It helps a lot when the entire quote is posted, not just a snippet!
- This snippet cannot be properly parsed on its own.
- " ament means to bemoan, or cry in sorrow.
- The investigators lament that America had lost its way.
- (shortened for clarity) The phrase "decent into the sewer" is very graphic and figurative, but means exactly what it says - a trip down into the pipes that carry our stinky offal to be processed in the water treatment plant.
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It helps a lot when the entire quote is posted, not just a snippet!
This snippet cannot be properly parsed on its own.
Lament here is a verb(not a noun), and its subject is "investigators."
ament means to bemoan, or cry in sorrow.
The investigators lament that America had lost its way. (shortened for clarity)
The phrase "decent into the sewer" is very graph
This snippet cannot be properly parsed on its own.
Lament here is a verb(not a noun), and its subject is "investigators."
ament means to bemoan, or cry in sorrow.
The investigators lament that America had lost its way. (shortened for clarity)
The phrase "decent into the sewer" is very graph
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Hi Avangi -
Yes, there are really tours of the Paris sewers, but I haven't done that yet. Maybe that's what they sing on the way down.
Yes, there are really tours of the Paris sewers, but I haven't done that yet. Maybe that's what they sing on the way down.
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