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plain old passion

English translation: passion, plain and simple

03:21 Jul 10, 2002
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English term or phrase: plain old passion
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Yuu Andou
Local time: 23:16
Selected answer:passion, plain and simple
Explanation:
"Plain old passion" means "what everyone calls passion".

Its a rather common expression, used to emphasize something that might appear to be ordinary, to emphasize what most people may have overlooked.

Typical phrases:
"Plain old vanilla ice cream" (ordinary everyday vanilla ice cream)
"plain old love" as in "he was snared by plain old love" (he was trapped by good old-fashioned love)
"plain-old plain old" as in "he gave me the plain-old plain old ("he told me all the things you would expect to hear him say" *OR* "he told me the unfettered truth")

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cheungmo
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4 +12passion, plain and simple
cheungmo
5Returning to youth time
Shahram Chapari


  

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passion, plain and simple


Explanation:
"Plain old passion" means "what everyone calls passion".

Its a rather common expression, used to emphasize something that might appear to be ordinary, to emphasize what most people may have overlooked.

Typical phrases:
"Plain old vanilla ice cream" (ordinary everyday vanilla ice cream)
"plain old love" as in "he was snared by plain old love" (he was trapped by good old-fashioned love)
"plain-old plain old" as in "he gave me the plain-old plain old ("he told me all the things you would expect to hear him say" *OR* "he told me the unfettered truth")



cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 27
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great! Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Indojin: That's right. I just wrote this in my comment above.
2 mins

agree  Gayle Wallimann: Good explanation.
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agree  Paul Mably (X)
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agree  R.J.Chadwick (X)
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agree  Sarah Ponting
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agree  Enza Longo
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agree  jerrie: good, old-fashioned, straightforward passion
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agree  ellery26
7 hrs

agree  airmailrpl
8 hrs

agree  Maria-Jose Pastor: exactly
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agree  mickymayes
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agree  AhmedAMS
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Returning to youth time


Explanation:
It is as returning to youth time wich he/she has had warm and interesting passion ,more time it has special simplity and frank .An old man or lady suppose himself/herself as young or even child with youth feelings,interests and love,wishes and his/her behavior change very similar as children or youngs or teens

Shahram Chapari
Cyprus
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in DariDari
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