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What does this figurative sentence mean the poorest man is the richest and the rich are poor?
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What does RO mean?
run on sentence
What does the phrase 'living off the fat of the land' mean?
This phrase means that you are living on whatever you grow on your land. This can be literal, as in you have a garden and/or raise animals for food. This can also be figurative, used to describe someone who is self-sufficient and supports themselves by their labors.
When you say he looks homely what does homely mean in this sentence?
Homely means plain looking, not attractive. Occassionally used as an understatement for ugly.
Who is the richest Finn?
Do you mean out of Neil and Tim Finn? if so... logic would tell me that although he started in music a few years later and is younger, Neil would be the one with more money. Purely based on bigger success with albums and individual singles that he's written and that he's released (particularly in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK), song use in movies/advertisments/tv shows etc.
What does 'notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence' mean?
"notwithstanding" means "despite", "inspite of". This quotation obviously comes from a longer text, probably a contract or agreement of some sort. Find the original text and give it another try to see if it makes sense now. Hope this helps!
What do you mean by poorest of the poor?
"poorest of the poor" means the very poorest. Even among the poor, there are people who are better off than others. This phrase would mean the low end, that are worse off than even the other poor people.
When someone says an art piece is figurative what does that mean?
Figurative is a human or animal form, usually head-to-toe.
What does divided house mean in figurative language?
personification
Was the US ever the richest country?
Just depends how you mean? Richest for money/royalty ect?
What is the differences between literal and figurative?
Figurative language is language that refers or implies or flat-out doesn't mean what it seems to mean. "Kicked the bucket" is figurative language for "died."Literal language means exactly what it looks like.
Does not mean what exactly what it says used to add color?
figurative language
What does barbed mean as an adjective?
Having or including barbs, either literal or figurative.
What does the word fog mean in German?
fog = Nebel fog = Schleier (figurative)
What is the defition of the word concrete imagery?
What does concrete imagery mean?
What is the poorest country to have legalized same-sex marriage?
Brazil is the poorest country on earth to have legalized same-sex marriage when "poor" is understood to mean having the lowest per capita gross domestic product.
Poorest country in middle America?
I guess you mean Central America (the "bridge" between Mexico and South America), excluding the Caribbean islands. If you only mean Central America, the poorest is Nicaragua, with a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.699 (for comparison purposes, US and Canada's HDI values are 0.956 and 0.966, respectively). If you include the Caribbean islands, Haiti (HDI = 0.532) is the poorest country in the Americas.
What does give it your best shot mean figurative language?
To do one's best
