Feebs11 wrote: |
Said comfortingly of misfortunes that may bring some benefits. Sometimes things (life, business, gardening, whatever you like) go wrong, but sometimes things go better afterwards, or at least are not as bad as was thought at the time. An extreme example: Your house is blown away in a high wind, but you had been wanting to rebuild it anyway and hadn't money enough to pull it down. Now you can rebuild..
(... if it makes nobody turn to doing something worthwhile), a version that makes better sense in implying that misfortune brings out the best in people.
The quotation from Thomas Tusser is "It is an ill wind turns to good if it makes nobody turn to doing something worthwhile"; being a 16th century piece of writing, the terminology and use of words is not the same as today. I think I wouldn't worry about its meaning.
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Thank you Feebs 11. I know you tried your best to explain me.
But sorry, I didn't understand. (I am very weak in english).
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Look at the following
An extreme example: Your house is blown away in a high wind, but you had been wanting to rebuild it anyway and hadn't money enough to pull it down. Now you can rebuild
What is `An extreme example'?
What is `pull it down'?
(... if it makes nobody turn to doing something worthwhile), a version that makes better sense in implying that misfortune brings out the best in people.
The quotation from Thomas Tusser is "It is an ill wind turns to good if it makes nobody turn to doing something worthwhile"; being a 16th century piece of writing, the terminology and use of words is not the same as today. I think I wouldn't worry about its meaning.
What is the meaning of `nobody turn' and `worthwhile'?
What is the meaning of version?