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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
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What's the meaning of this sentence?
I can’t understand this sentence at all. Would anyone explain what it means?
Whoever it was that said "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" obviously hadn't seen Peter in action.
Whoever it was that said "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" obviously hadn't seen Peter in action.
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' In this case the author is saying that Peter's violent anger (fury) is just the same. This saying is believed to have come into existence in the 17th century through a poem by William Congreve, ' The Mourning Bride '
- ' In this case the author is saying that Peter's violent anger (fury) is just the same.
- This saying is believed to have come into existence in the 17th century through a poem by William Congreve, ' The Mourning Bride '
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A proverb ( a popular saying) '**** hath no fury like a woman scorned' = '**** cannot equal the violent anger of a rejected woman.' In this case the author is saying that Peter's violent anger (fury) is just the same.
This saying is believed to have come into existence in the 17th century through a poem by William Congreve, 'The Mourning Bride'
This saying is believed to have come into existence in the 17th century through a poem by William Congreve, 'The Mourning Bride'
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