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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?



 
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 06, 2006 19:07 pm   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Hi

I have seen in many movies and dramas that when people are taking dinner etc in some good hotel there is a lighted candle in the centre of the table, although it is no candle dinner because the room is bright. Is it some culture? Why do they keep a candle? Very curious to know!
Could you help me please?

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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 06, 2006 20:39 pm   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Hi
I think that it is a knid of romantic dinner. Wink

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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 06, 2006 22:12 pm   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Hi Tom

The candles are supposed to add to the special ambiance of the occasion. Candles add to the feeling of intimacy and/or elegance.

Is this unheard of in Pakistan?

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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #4 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:04 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

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Is this unheard of in Pakistan?


Completely! Shocked

Thanks for the information, Amy. Only one more question:

1- Even one candle only at times?

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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:00 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Tom wrote:
Even one candle only at times?

No.


By the way, in Russian it ("dinner by candlelight", I mean) is
called "dinner with candles"
('candles' in plural, even in the case when you actually use (and burn Smile) the only candle Smile)
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #6 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:29 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Sorry for the pure off-topic, but I also (as that dinners by candlelight) like the English idiom
"to burn the candle at both ends" Smile
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #7 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:21 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Hi Tamara,
In my country we use both of them the same way as in English.
Don't you burn the candle at both ends in Russia? Smile
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #8 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:45 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

Hi spencer

Even though sometimes I actually do it Smile, I don’t know a Russian idiom that would be the exact equivalent in meaning to the saying "to burn the candle at both ends".
Maybe Pamela can give some ideas.

(The Russian saying that looks similar - "the stick with two ends" - actually has the meaning "double-edged weapon", with one end to yourself Smile, or something like that. )
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #9 (permalink) Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:17 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

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(as that dinners by candlelight) like the English idiom "to burn the candle at both ends"


. . . burn the dinner at both ends ? ? ? Confused
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Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner? #10 (permalink) Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:00 am   Why keep a candle when it is no candle dinner?
 

... and try to meet in the middle Smile
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