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Teacher Madi
Enseignant professionnelRolling stone
Can you please tell me how you define the word " rolling stone " in this lyric:
love me even though I'm a motherfu...ing rolling stone.
P.s.: I could look it up on the Internet but I think a native American speaker could tell me about the gist and sense of it.
30 oct. 2016 10:29
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The expression comes from the saying: "A rolling stone gathers no moss." This means that someone who frequently moves from one thing to another does not put down roots, develop life experience, and does not have a serious attitude to life. So a "rolling stone" usually has these negative connotations. A fairly close synonym is "drifter".
Perhaps there are also situations where it has a more positive connotation of freedom - I can go wherever I want, whenever I want. Context is key but probably the meaning in your lyric is the negative one.
30 octobre 2016
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Teacher Madi
Compétences linguistiques
Arabe, Azéri, Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Allemand, Persan (farsi), Espagnol, Thaï, Turc
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Persan (farsi)
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