press them too far
English translation: read too much into them, assert an interpretation of them too dogmatically
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| 11:17 Oct 10, 2016 |
| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Religion / About the book of Song of Solomon | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 12:02 | ||||||
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| 4 +7 | read too much into them, assert an interpretation of them too dogmatically |
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| 4 +1 | one should not overuse them |
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| 4 | assume the metaphor too far |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1one should not overuse them Explanation: that´show I Interpret this expression www.novelpublicity.com/.../ask-the-editor-how-ofte... 01.03.2012 - Ask the Editor: How often should similes and metaphors be used in fiction? ... Now, say you're trying to describe a setting, but can't find any way to write ... Literary Fiction uses metaphors and similes to a greater extent at times, but overuse in ... These devices, like many others in literature, are the spices you |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7read too much into them, assert an interpretation of them too dogmatically Explanation: Since the metaphors are obscure to those who do not share the author's culture, any interpretation of their meaning must be tentative and cautious. To press them too far means over-interpreting them, being too confident of one's interpretation of them and using such an interpretation as the basis for an argument that is stated too assertively and dogmatically. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2016-10-10 11:39:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The meaning is really related, I think, to this definition of "press": "3 [transitive] to try in a determined way to make someone do something or tell you something press someone about/on something: She continued to press him on the reasons for his decision." http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/press... To press these metaphors too hard means to try too hard to make them reveal them their meaning, so to speak. This may lead to error, because one cannot be very confident of the answer they seem to give. By trying too hard to interpret them one risks reading meanings into them that they may not really possess. |
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