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a worn-out motif.

English translation: it is old, tired, over used


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07:02 Apr 22, 2004
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: a worn-out motif.
On Grand Avenue, the eastside underscore of sour milk and stale urine, so ever-present you start to taste it on your tongue, greeted Edwin like a familiar slap to the face. Like a worn-out motif. A metaphor for something else. Something worse.
lilysmiley
English translation:it is old, tired, over used
Explanation:
This motif (the underscore of sour milk, etc) has become all too familiar.

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5 +7it is old, tired, over usedmbc
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Hacene


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
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Explanation:
the motif (the eastside underscore) is not as enjoyable (slap to the face) as it use to be (worn-out)

Hacene
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
it is old, tired, over used


Explanation:
This motif (the underscore of sour milk, etc) has become all too familiar.



mbc
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
4 mins
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agree  kalimeh
28 mins
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agree  Kristina Thorne
56 mins
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agree  SanjaySAgrawal
2 hrs
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agree  Penelope Ausejo: I like "over used" cheers Madeline :)
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agree  Alfa Trans
7 hrs
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: exhausted, like me today
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