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Farshidamani  #375497  Tue, 05 Jun 07 08:04 PM
Hello. Would you please help me in this sentence? I cann't understand the "fine mess" in it. I'd be appreciate your help. Thanks.
"A fine mess of a marriage it would be."
  
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"I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things." Jelauddin Rumi ( Movlana)
Conchita57  #375505  Tue, 05 Jun 07 08:41 PM
The adjective 'fine' is sometimes used to mean the opposite, 'bad', in informal English.  As to 'mess', in this context it means 'problematic situation'.
  
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In the beginning was the word.
Farshidamani  #375534  Tue, 05 Jun 07 10:43 PM
Conchita57 Thank you very much. You'v been very helpful for me.
  
Marius Hancu  #375535  Tue, 05 Jun 07 10:44 PM
An ironic meaning at that.
  
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Farshidamani  #375537  Tue, 05 Jun 07 10:52 PM
Great job Marius. Thanks. I'm gonna use this forum more and more. You guys are very helpful.
  
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