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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: Let a man be ever so poor..... |
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| Let a man be ever so poor, do not despise him. |
According to my book, the above sentence means 'Though a man may be poor, do not despise him.'
Is that right? If so, I wonder why and if native speakers use the above quoted sentence now?
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Nef
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
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Location: California, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Let a man be ever so poor..... |
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| Let a man be ever so poor, do not despise him. |
According to my book, the above sentence means 'Though a man may be poor, do not despise him.'
Is that right? If so, I wonder why and if native speakers use the above quoted sentence now?
Thanks. |
Yes, that is what it means. No matter how poor a man is, he doesn't deserve to be despised. (Poor or not, he's still a man.)
I don't think "Let a man be ever so poor" is used much today. But a lot of people understand what is meant. It would be more common to hear something like
"Even though a man is very poor..."
"No matter how poor a man is..." |
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