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Play square? In its thudding glory? Meaning?
These excerpts come from the novel The shining:
1.Jack said. "I called because I didn't think you played square with me. And because--"
"Didn't play square?" Ullman cried. "My God, did you think I was going to share a large pile of dirty laundry with the hotel's caretaker?
What does "play square with" mean?
2. For a moment Jack's headache came back in all its thudding glory, and he closed his eyes against the pain.
What does "in its thudding glory" mean?
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2016年11月25日 04:39
解答 · 3
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"To play square" is to be up front with someone. Honest. Straightforward.
"In all its thudding glory" describes the thudding pain of a headache at its full strength. While the expression "in all its glory", spoken in sincerity, would mean that something is truly splendid; beautiful; glorious, it is most often used ironically to indicate a certain disdain: "The Emperor stood naked before them, in all his glory". His nakedness was anything BUT glorious.
I expect that that is "as clear as mud!"
2016年11月25日
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