what does "stomach the body of water" mean in "no Iranian can stomach..water separating iran from."? no Iranian can stomach the body of water separating iran from its arabic neighbours.

Search from various angielski teachers...

Shia

31 paź 2017 17:02

Odpowiedzi · 5

The verb 'stomach' has also meanings 'tolerate'. So, we can understand 'can tolerate'...

31 października 2017

to 'stomach' something is referring to the idea of being able to digest something. In this case it is being used metaphorically. Example: "He couldn't stomach the idea of his true love marrying another man."

31 października 2017

Nadal nie znalazłeś/łaś odpowiedzi?

Napisz swoje pytania i pozwól, aby rodzimi użytkownicy języka ci pomogli!