the usage of enough

[yuyu0615]

I have another question of the sentence"It was a poor enough meal,but...."　I understand the meaning because a lot of teacher in this site tought me .
but I want to know another sentence with the same meaning of "enough".
I looked up the　word "enough" in the dictionary,I found this sentence."He is old enough to drive."
Is the useage of"poor enough" the same as the usage of"enough" in another sentence" He is old enough to drive"?
Sorry for ask the same question.

 

[Coolfootluke]

I have another question of the sentence"It was a poor enough meal,but...."　I understand the meaning because a lot of teacher in this site tought me .
but I want to know another sentence with the same meaning of "enough".
I looked up the　word "enough" in the dictionary,I found this sentence."He is old enough to drive."
Is the useage of"poor enough" the same as the usage of"enough" in another sentence" He is old enough to drive"?
Sorry for ask the same question.

I am not a teacher.

You are asking about a rare use of "enough", a negative sense. Normally, enough is a good thing. A meal that is poor enough is not quite pure garbage, but it will not make you happy, either.

You found it in Dickens, in a story written in 1843 in England. I would say that this use of "enough" would be unusual in the US today. Your example---old enough to drive---is not the same. For one thing, the negative "enough" doesn't take modifiers.

His blind date turned out to be homely enough (negative sense), but they wound up getting married, and their kids were ugly enough to make a freight train take a dirt road (positive sense).

 

[yuyu0615]

Thank you for answering my question. but I can't understand the example of "enough" .
Does blind date mean? I wonder if it means the lover who can't see.
Please explain the example "His blind date turned out to be homely enough (negative sense),".

 

[Coolfootluke]

Thank you for answering my question. but I can't understand the example of "enough" .
Does blind date mean? I wonder if it means the lover who can't see.
Please explain the example "His blind date turned out to be homely enough (negative sense),".

I am not a teacher.

When a friend arranges a date for you with a person you do not know, that is a blind date. We call it "blind" because you never saw the person before. The person is also a blind date.

I could make the sentence simpler: His blind date was homely enough ....

 

[yuyu0615]

Thank you for your reply. I have one more question.Does "homely " mean "not　attractive"?

 

[Englishcenter]

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[Coolfootluke]

Thank you for your reply. I have one more question.Does "homely " mean "not　attractive"?

I am not a teacher.

Yes.

 

[yuyu0615]

Thanks to you,I can understand this usage of "enough".I appriciate your help.