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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

as if I'd been punched

English answer:

(figurative) as if I'd been betrayed

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Dec 21, 2007 14:48
16 yrs ago
English term

as if I'd been punched.

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
They squatted and rose in unison, this group of mommies, and none of them said a word when I stopped in front of them and grunted, as if I'd been punched.
Responses
3 as if I'd been betrayed
2 +5 as if I had been hit/struck
3 +1 as if I had been hit.
Change log

Dec 21, 2007 14:48: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Dec 24, 2007 18:57: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry

Jan 27, 2008 01:47: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Discussion

Claire Chapman Dec 21, 2007:
In any case, it was a confrontation of the haves (those with babies) versus the have not (the one without the baby). Without a child, woman didn't fit in. She couldn't face them or the situation of not having a child and left.
Claire Chapman Dec 21, 2007:
These mommies did not offer any expression of care or concern when this woman, obviously in emotional pain, stopped in front of them. It is possible that they knew of her loss and did not know what to say.

Responses

12 mins
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as if I'd been betrayed

in the figurative sense

Mike :)

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-12-21 16:45:54 GMT)
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None of them reacted with any comment, none asked me if I was okay when I grunted. This aloofness or indifference on their part could be construed as betrayal, depending on the context. I stopped in front of them and made a grunting sound as if I had been "punched", be that a physical hit or betrayed in the figurative sense, yet they showed no reaction.

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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2007-12-24 18:58:14 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Shirley - Mike :)
Note from asker:
I mean,what's the relation between being punched and saying no words?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks！"
+5
4 mins

as if I had been hit/struck

*

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Note added at 24 mins (2007-12-21 15:12:43 GMT)
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http://books.google.com/books?id=DD6LWaG7EYkC&pg=PA279&lpg=P...
It's however used figuratively "offended"/"slapped in the face"
Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : I grunted as though in response to being hit (possibly in the stomach)
29 mins
Thank you Nancy. "Happy Holidays !"
agree Claire Chapman
3 hrs
Thank you GWC-Claire. "Happy Holidays !"
agree orientalhorizon
15 hrs
Thank you orientalhorizon. "Happy Holidays!"
agree V_Nedkov
18 hrs
Thank you V. Nedkova. "Happy Holidays!"
agree airmailrpl : -
22 hrs
Thank you airmailrpl. "Happy Holidays !"
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+1
32 mins
English term (edited): as if i\'d been punched.

as if I had been hit.

This is literature and/or poetry, so it requires more context. There is a group of beings, mommies most probably meaning "mummies" but not necessarily so. Does the protagonist grunt when he stops in front of them, or does the group of mommies grunt? At any rate, to be punched is to have been hit or struck in the physical sense (MGhiuzelli) or to be brought up short (as if -- M. Powers). It very much depends on the rest of the document.
Peer comment(s):
agree airmailrpl : -
22 hrs
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