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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence from Maugham’s “The Escape”?
His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had sufficient experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift (or should I call it a quality?) that renders most men defenseless, and it was this that dispossessed Roger of his common sense, his prudence and his worldly wisdom. He went down like a row of ninepins.
ninepins = nine wooden pins used in the game of ninepins
He went down like a row of ninepins. = He fell passionately in love.
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence from Maugham’s “The Escape”?
His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had sufficient experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift (or should I call it a quality?) that renders most men defenseless, and it was this that dispossessed Roger of his common sense, his prudence and his worldly wisdom. He went down like a row of ninepins.
ninepins = nine wooden pins used in the game of ninepins
He went down like a row of ninepins. = He fell passionately in love.
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.