shootingstar
Member
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2022
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
The Baseball Players: Eh, George, George! Hsst - yaow! If things don't go right, call us in. We know what to do. Eh, fellas? Yaow! George. don't look so innocent, you old geezer. We know what you're thinking. Don't disgrace the team, big boy. Whoo-oo-oo.
Stage Manager: All right! All right! That'll do. That's enough of that.
(Smiling, he pushes them off the stage. They lean back to shout a few more catcalls.)
There used to be an awful lot of that kind of thing at weddings in the old days, - Rome, and later. We're more civilized now - so they say.
(The choir starts singing "Love divine, all love excelling." George has reached the stage....
(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
Does lean back have the common meaning here? What puzzles me is the question from where they are leaning back.
Stage Manager: All right! All right! That'll do. That's enough of that.
(Smiling, he pushes them off the stage. They lean back to shout a few more catcalls.)
There used to be an awful lot of that kind of thing at weddings in the old days, - Rome, and later. We're more civilized now - so they say.
(The choir starts singing "Love divine, all love excelling." George has reached the stage....
(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
Does lean back have the common meaning here? What puzzles me is the question from where they are leaning back.
