With barely a pause for though

[olegv]

Please explain to me the meaning of the sentence below. Thank you


This rule is routinely avoided with barely a pause for though, never mind express mention of any rule.

[Barb_D]

Please explain to me the meaning of the sentence below. Thank you


This rule is routinely avoided with barely a pause for thought, never mind express mention of any rule.

Without stopping to think, without pasuing for a thought. It's missing the T.

[TheParser]

Please explain to me the meaning of the sentence below. Thank you


This rule is routinely avoided with barely a pause for though, never mind express mention of any rule.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(A) I took a morning walk and thought about your sentence.

(B) This is only my interpretation:

(1) There is a law (rule) number 555 - 666.

(2) This law says:

All people with red hair can have free ice cream every Wednesday.

(3) On Wednesday, you go to the ice cream shop. You say to the

lady: "It is Wednesday. I have red hair. May I have my free ice

cream, please?"

(4) She thinks for one second (not two seconds, but one second) and then says

NO. She always says NO (after thinking for only one second). For her, saying NO is

as natural as breathing the air. She never stops (except for one second) to think

about her decision. She barely (almost doesn't) think about her decision.

(5) You then say to her:

"Excuse me, ma'am, but may I please mention Law 555 - 666? It expressly

(clearly) says "All people with red hair can have free ice cream every Wednesday."

The woman looks at you as if you were crazy and walks away.


***

The moral (lesson) of this story:

All (I repeat: all) countries have some laws that the government and many

people ignore. And there is nothing that we ordinary people can do about it.

As the saying goes: "That's life" or "That's how the cookie crumbles."

[olegv]

Thank you for your clarification. Can you please further explain me the meaning in a more sophisticated, for me, context, Thank you.

"The common bilateral arrangement which include this rule are routinely avoided with barely a pause for thought, never mind express mention of any rule."

[TheParser]

Thank you for your clarification. Can you please further explain me the meaning in a more sophisticated, for me, context, Thank you.

"The common bilateral arrangement which include this rule are routinely avoided with barely a pause for thought, never mind express mention of any rule."

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) Thank you for your kind note.

(2) We have some great teachers (and non-teachers) here.

(3) Hopefully, one of them will answer you very soon.