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ClarissaMach
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 Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: "any Jack and Jill can bring that off" |
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"Why should she marry Chad?"
"Because I'm convinced she's very fond of him. She has done wonders for him."
"Well then, how could she do more? Marrying a man, or woman either," Miss Barrace sagely went on, "is never the wonder for any Jack and Jill can bring that off. The wonder is their doing such things without marrying."
What is the meaning of "Jack and Jill" in this sentence? Could it mean "anyone"?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: "any Jack and Jill can bring that off" |
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| ClarissaMach wrote: |
"Well then, how could she do more? Marrying a man, or woman either," Miss Barrace sagely went on, "is never the wonder for any Jack and Jill can bring that off. The wonder is their doing such things without marrying."
What is the meaning of "Jack and Jill" in this sentence? Could it mean "anyone"? |
Jack and Jill are the names of a boy and girl in a children's nursery rhyme. So here, they are used as a metaphor for any boy and girl couple.
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