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Meaning of porcelain goddess | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒdɛs/

Definitions

  1. metaphor for a woman, often stressing paleness, delicateness or lack of emotion.
    figuratively
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see porcelain, goddess.
  3. A toilet bowl.
    humorous, idiomatic, singular

Examples

“It was a breathless whisper from a porcelain goddess, pale cheeks accentuating striking blue eyes and glossy pink lips, full and parted with shallow breaths.”
“In China, there is not a street, nor a shop, nor a palace, nor a hovel, nor a college, nor a poor fisherman's boat, that has not an idol; a carved image of wood, or a porcelain goddess, or a molten divinity of clay, or a literary god of bronze [...]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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