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mrdaisuke

Joined: 20 May 2006
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Location: Japan

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:42 am Post subject: Help me with this sentence, please!

Is there anybody who can explain this sentence? " the shedding grey pile of new carpet swimming before her eyes " Is it kind of a metaphoric expression? _________________ daisuke

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asterix

Joined: 26 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:48 am Post subject:

I think it means she has a vision of a pile of new carpets from which the fibres are coming loose like the hairs coming off a dog when it is moulting.

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