Missing what I never had.

English translation: Here are a few ways to explain the "what",

02:58 Apr 23, 2002

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English term or phrase: Missing what I never had.

Katelyn

Selected answer:Here are a few ways to explain the "what",

Explanation:
grammatically:

1. Missing that which I never had [i.e., the love that I never had]
2. Missing the person whom I never had [as my sweetheart, etc.]

What it boils down to, though, is that the speaker is longing for something/someone whom they wish they had had as a lover, friend, etc., but never did.

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athena22
United States
Local time: 13:03

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Here are a few ways to explain the "what",

athena22

5 +2

It's the TV and the movies, Katelyn

Theodore Fink

missing what you thought you had in the past, when in reality you didn't

Herolles

Discussion entries: 2

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

It's the TV and the movies, Katelyn

Explanation:
We are sold so much stuff my seeing it laid out in front of us on TV and movies not to mention ads and billboards that besides missing what we used you have, we now also long for stuff we never had.

Too bad.

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Note added at 2002-04-23 03:05:30 (GMT)
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In this case, speaking of \"love\" it may be a whole romantic fantasy which was constructed in the mind and vanished and is now missed.

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Note added at 2002-04-23 12:15:10 (GMT)
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\"... then let not what I cannot have my cheer of mind destroy;
While thus I sing
I am a king....\"

Theodore Fink
Local time: 16:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Here are a few ways to explain the "what",

athena22
United States
Local time: 13:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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3 days 13 hrs confidence:

missing what you thought you had in the past, when in reality you didn't

Explanation:
In terms of love, I think the expression refers to the situation when an affair has finished. The person who thought that it had been mutual love, is longing for the situation they believed they were in during the affair. Whereas, in reality they know that the other person did not love them, therefore it was a misconception. A bit long-winded!

Herolles
France
Local time: 22:03

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