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Dec 12, 2008 · Detroit, Michigan. English - United States. Dec 12, 2008. #8. In AE, a shadow is a murky, dark reflection of the real thing. If she only throws shadows at you, whatever she's giving you is not the real thing. It's only a shadow - a misty-shaped replacement of whatever is truly real. AngelEyes.
Jan 9, 2021 · Senior Member. American English (New England and NYC) Jan 10, 2021. #3. It depends on the context. "In the shadows" refers to a general, shadowy, dark area. "In the shadow" refers to a specific shadow. I'd expect a sentence with "shadow" to connect the shadow to the object that casts it, as in the following: Outside the house was a huge old tree.
May 16, 2016 · Japanese. May 16, 2016. #1. Here is the link to William Butler Yeats' Poem. When You Are Old. What does "shadows deep" mean in the last line of the fist stanza? I know it is an iverted phrase,and the ordinary order should be "deep shadows." It is used to describe Maud Gonne's eyes. Some said it is the eyes of the old Maud Gonne, others said it ...
May 7, 2009 · Banned. Chinese. May 7, 2009. #1. His dark clothes let him blend into the shadows. Spring warmth will cause white fur to change to colors that blend in with this new environment. Hi, I guess "blend into" and "blend in with" in the above two mean about the same, I wonder if they are interchangeable in both cases. If not, could you tell me why?
Nov 27, 2017 · Nov 27, 2017. #2. “If you need convincing, just look at the YouTube comments or Twitter replies when a woman dares to voice a political opinion or even just share an anecdote from her own lived experience,” she writes. “People hiding in the shadows step forward just far enough to rip her apart.”. Hillary Clinton: there's a 'game that ...
Apr 2, 2018 · Senior Member. To chase shadows (idiom) - to pursue things that are not there. In this idiom "shadow" means, "ghost 1 " or "apparition 1 ", and by extension "illusion" - things that are imagined rather than real. 1 A much older use, now not current except in idioms and set phrases: "He is a shadow of his former self."
Jun 17, 2009 · Jun 17, 2009. #3. The "shadows" are metaphorical (compare "obscurity"). Something that is in the shadows can no longer be clearly seen, so he fell from public notice. "Slip" here means something like "to fall by degrees", or it may mean "to move quietly and cautiously": it's unclear, to me, whether he did this actively (intentionally) or ...
Dec 14, 2010 · Portugal-Portuguese. Dec 14, 2010. #1. Phrase: I don't know, "Kendra said". I keep worrying that Vanessa may have us jumping at shadows. Source: Brandon Mull - The Grip of the Shadow Plague. It's hard to put this into context through the excerpt, because it was explained long before. Some more insight:
Oct 23, 2011 · Yes, it is an image. It means staying in the shadows at all times. Hugging, of course, literally means holding (someone) in your arms. Here, it means staying close to, hiding in the shadows (as if in the embrace/hug) of some sheltering protection.
Jun 28, 2017 · English - England. Jun 28, 2017. #2. "he has sent me off - he has cause me to go. haring = running like a hare -> rushing urgently. after = in pursuit of; with the hopes of catching. shadows" -> things that are not there in reality; non-existent things; rumours.
