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What does the quotation "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" from As You Like It (Shakwspeare) mean?:)
 

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What does the quotation "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" from As You Like It (Shakwspeare) mean?:)

"Sans" is the French word for "without". I don't know why Shakespeare decided to use it, but if you enter the phrase "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" into your favourite search engine, you'll receive many explanations of this phrase.

However, knowing the meaning of "sans", you can probably work out the overall meaning yourself.
 

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"Sans" is the French word for "without". I don't know why Shakespeare decided to use it, but if you enter the phrase "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" into your favourite search engine, you'll receive many explanations of this phrase.

However, knowing the meaning of "sans", you can probably work out the overall meaning yourself.


Even if I know that the sentence means 'without teeth, without eyes,without taste, and without everything' , I can't get the meaning of it.
I wanna know what Shakespeare wants to say.:?:
 

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Even if I know that the sentence means 'without teeth, without eyes,without taste, and without everything' , I can't get the meaning of it.
I wanna know what Shakespeare wants to say.:?:
I'm getting weird flashbacks to that nightmare we called "English Literature" at school - obviously didn't suppress that enough ...

I'm not 100% sure, but it either refers to old-age, or possibly death. Something about the various stages we go through in life and that's the last one.
 
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