what's the meaning of "read and weep"&"cosmic stone"?
thank you for your explanation"read and weep" is from an email sent from my friend.He just sent me something to read ,but i dont understand why there is "weep"here.
"cosmic stone"is from a sentence "We are not alone, we shall argue, even within a cosmic stone's throw of our home world. "

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what's the meaning of "read and weep"&"cosmic stone"?
thank you for your explanation"read and weep" is from an email sent from my friend.He just sent me something to read ,but i dont understand why there is "weep"here.
"cosmic stone"is from a sentence "We are not alone, we shall argue, even within a cosmic stone's throw of our home world. "

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"Read it and weep" is idiom for "Have a look at this, and be prepared to be unhappy."

"Stone's throw" is idiom for "not very far away," or about as far as you could throw a stone. Your sentence appears to be talking about different planets, so the writer uses a "cosmic stone's throw" to describe how near we are to our home world compared to the immensity of the cosmos.

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"Read it and weep!" is often said when that person wants to gloat.  For example, s/he received some good news, or got a higher mark in an exam than you.  Good news to your friend, possibly bad news to you.  This can be said in a friendly-teasing way.

Richard's covered the mystery of the cosmic stone, and how far it could be thrown. ;)

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Where did you read that?

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