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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
What's this usage of 'let'?
"The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may."
It's my first time I've encountered this usage of 'let'.
How is it interpreted? Is it in common use?
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com/let+the+chips+fall+where+they+may It means that the side effects of what we do will be accidental, not purposeful. We have to adapt to whatever happens.
- com/let+the+chips+fall+where+they+may It means that the side effects of what we do will be accidental, not purposeful.
- We have to adapt to whatever happens.
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It is a take off on the old saying:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/let+the+chips+fall+where+they+may
It means that the side effects of what we do will be accidental, not purposeful. We have to adapt to whatever happens.
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