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Hi Torsten,
To my dull ears, it sounds like Don't be captured by the illusion that.... I wonder if it could be similar to Don't fall in love with sb./sth. = Don't fall prey to sb./sth. but I am not sure.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:23 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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Hi Torsten
I see no reason why you couldn't say that.
What sort of illusion were you thinking of falling prey to? :o
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:54 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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| I have no idea. please unveil it. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:09 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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| Haihao wrote: |
Hi Torsten,
Don't fall in love with sb./sth. = Don't fall prey to sb./sth.
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Well, you're right to a point. Falling in love with smbd who will take advantage of you (which usually happens) is similar to falling prey to that smbd. :)
BTW, I just found out that pray and prey sound alike. Like any pray should pray for its life :) |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:27 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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Just out of curiosity tickled by your homonyms, Alex, my dictionary says 'pray' is from the Latin 'preca' (prayer) and 'prey' from 'praeda' (booty).
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:13 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| Falling in love with smbd who will take advantage of you (which usually happens) |
Gone through a lot of heartache already, haven't you?
I wanted to disagree with your cynic comment, but, who knows, maybe we all take advantage of each other in some way or another, even unconsciously? |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:18 am Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| maybe we all take advantage of each other in some way or another, even unconsciously? |
Could this be called 'A (strategic) reciprocal or mutual benefit relationship'? :) |
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 13:05 pm Can you fall prey to an illusion? |
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That's certainly a much less cynical way of putting it, Haihao. :lol:
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