Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to bring a bust
English answer:
sculputured representation
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Feb 19, 2005 18:03
19 yrs ago
English term
to bring a bust
English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Context is this:
"Few read Schelling today, and even fewer find him cogent. One cannot imagine anyone nowadays BRINGING A BUST of Schelling to Russia (or anywhere else for that matter), but that is what Ivan Kireyevsky did. Schelling was lionized and idolized in Russia in a way that is hard to understand now."
I don't think I should take it literally. Is this a idiomatic expression?
By the way, Schelling is a german thinker from the nineteenth century.
TIA
"Few read Schelling today, and even fewer find him cogent. One cannot imagine anyone nowadays BRINGING A BUST of Schelling to Russia (or anywhere else for that matter), but that is what Ivan Kireyevsky did. Schelling was lionized and idolized in Russia in a way that is hard to understand now."
I don't think I should take it literally. Is this a idiomatic expression?
By the way, Schelling is a german thinker from the nineteenth century.
TIA
Responses
| 4 +13 | a sculputured representation |
Kim Metzger
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| 3 -2 | idolize, worship |
Stefanie Sendelbach
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Responses
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
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a sculputured representation
Merriam-Webster
Main Entry: 1bust
Pronunciation: 'b&st
Function: noun
Etymology: French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum tomb
1 : a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
2 : the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist; especially : the breasts of a woman
Main Entry: 1bust
Pronunciation: 'b&st
Function: noun
Etymology: French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum tomb
1 : a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
2 : the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist; especially : the breasts of a woman
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you, Kim, sundari and everyone else."
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7 mins
Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
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Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
idolize, worship
I also think this is not to be taken literally here. My understanding is that "to idolize" or "to worship" him is what is meant here.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
RHELLER
: sorry but that would be re-writing the text here
3 mins
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| neutral |
Margaret Schroeder
: Agree with Rita. The wording does not support a non-literal interpretation.
6 mins
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| disagree |
Refugio
: no reason to assume it doesn't mean exactly what it says
3 hrs
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| disagree |
Tony M
: As Ruth, Rita and G/W have said --- the literal meaning is fine here.
7 hrs
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