vil
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Dear teachers,
Would you tell me your opinion concerning the interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
“Pray, sir,” returned Mrs. Sparsit, “do not bite my nose off.”
“Bite your nose off, madam!” repeated Mr. Bounderby. “Your nose,” meaning, as Mrs. Sparsit conceived, that it was too developed a nose for the purpose. (Ch. Dickens, “Hard Times”)
Do you ever snap people’s noses off, pr tell them you think them very foolish? (Th. Hughes, “Tom Brown at Oxford”)
bite (snap) somebody’s nose off = show one’s teeth, ca; over the coals, answer harshly and bluntly
Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V
Would you tell me your opinion concerning the interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
“Pray, sir,” returned Mrs. Sparsit, “do not bite my nose off.”
“Bite your nose off, madam!” repeated Mr. Bounderby. “Your nose,” meaning, as Mrs. Sparsit conceived, that it was too developed a nose for the purpose. (Ch. Dickens, “Hard Times”)
Do you ever snap people’s noses off, pr tell them you think them very foolish? (Th. Hughes, “Tom Brown at Oxford”)
bite (snap) somebody’s nose off = show one’s teeth, ca; over the coals, answer harshly and bluntly
Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V