broadcast carelessly like gold coins

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature literature

copies of The Sun broadcast carelessly like gold coins.

What does "like gold coins" mean in this sentence? Can I use it literally?

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Yes

Adriana Penco

Discussion

Lydia De Jorge Nov 1, 2007: Interesting- neko ni koban 猫に小判 (gold coins to a cat) - A waste of resources.
Lydia De Jorge Nov 1, 2007: I think we would need to see what comes before and after. By itself, as Carol points out, it makes little sense. In full context it might come to light.
Carol Gullidge Oct 29, 2007: it's a very odd simile, since gold coins are the last thing that anyone would scatter carelessly...

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Adriana Penco

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Yes

It's a simple comparison and -though I'd love to know more of its context- I believe it's exactly that, gold coins.

Note from asker:

The whole sentence is ."the slaters were always leaving the copies of The Sun strewn around their wake. What an extraordinary image that suddenly coonjured up in her mind? -copies of The Sun broadcast carelessly like gold coins

Peer comment(s):

agree	Jack Doughty : Yes, just scattered about at random. But I'd like to know where the gold coins are with which someone has done the same! 2 mins
	No coins at all, I'm afraid. Just an image conjured in her mind she says... Thank you, Jack!
agree	Patricia Townshend (X) : I suppose the idea of a golden sun and the gold coins is there too. Just to add to the image. 48 mins
	Thank you, Patricia.
agree	Carol Gullidge : agree it can be used literally, but whether it's a very apt simile is another matter - i.e., is it worth it?. 2 hrs
	Thanks, Carol.
agree	Jennifer Levey : Absolutely - and the whole point, surely, is that copies of The Sun (a UK popular daily) are utterly worthless 24 hours after publication, so there's a nice contrast with 'gold coins' equated with solar confetti. 3 hrs
	Nice! Thanks.
agree	Tony M : Yes, if it was a verbal association in her mind between 'copies of the Sun' looking like lots of little golden discs 3 hrs
	Thanks, Tony!.
agree	kmtext 13 hrs
	Thank you.

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English term

broadcast carelessly like gold coins

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