Re: CHAT: living conditions/conditionally Re: Miscellaneous Nonsense
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 19, 2000, 4:40 |
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Jonathan Chang wrote:
> Ever feel like there is something sinisterly banal about phrases like
> "cost of living", "What do you do for a living?", "I do ____ for a
> living...". etc.?
Well, you can also say "spend time" and the like. Monetary metaphors
are engrained in English it seems.
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"Their bodies did not age, but they became afeared of everything and
anything. For partaking in any activity at all could threaten their
precious and ageless bodies! ... Their victory over death was a hollow
one."
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