"I just want to say thank you to everyone for supporting me. I wouldn't be here without my coaches and my parents. This is such a surreal moment. I just feel like I could have never been here ever. It doesn’t even feel like real life," Lee said at the beginning of the news conference.
(American Olympic athlete and gold medalist Sunisa Lee.)
Is the PP without my coaches and my parents a metaphor in the context above?
anonymous Is the PP without my coaches and my parents a metaphor in the context above? No. It means "if my coaches and parents had not helped me", "without the aid of my coaches and parents".
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anonymous Is the PP without my coaches and my parents a metaphor in the context above?
No. It means "if my coaches and parents had not helped me", "without the aid of my coaches and parents". This exact definition was not in the first two dictionaries I looked at, but it is quite ordinary.