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"gambling her emotions on to win" means?



 
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"gambling her emotions on to win" means? #1 (permalink) Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:41 am   "gambling her emotions on to win" means?
 

"If you ask her what she was gambling her emotions on to win, she would not have been able to say."
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"gambling her emotions on to win" means? #2 (permalink) Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:45 am   "gambling her emotions on to win" means?
 

Hi,

'Gamble' in this sense suggests 'take a chance'. It gives the idea that you don't know how you will feel -what your emotions will be.

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"gambling her emotions on to win" means? #3 (permalink) Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:05 am   "gambling her emotions on to win" means?
 

Thanks Alan.

"She reluctantly accepted suffering as an inevitable component of deep passion and was resigned to putting her feelings at risk. If you asked what she was gambling her emotions on to win, she would have been unable to say."

So its like, she accepted suffering as part of deep passion. If you ask what she's really taking her chance or what she really wants, she don't know what to say.

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Did I get it right Alan? xD

Also, what is "and was resigned to putting her feelings at risk" means there?
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