Significato di Humpty Dumpty | Babel Free
[…]Definizioni
A nursery rhyme character who falls from a wall and breaks irreparably in the manner of an egg; (figurative) by extension, anything similarly fragile, irreparably damaged, or insecure, precariously at risk of such irreparable damage.
Equivalenti
Esempi
“... she sits perched high up, astride a man's saddle, looking in her balloon garments, and doubtless feeling, more insecure than Humpty Dumpty on the wall.”
Livello QCER
B2
Intermedio superiore
Questa parola fa parte del vocabolario QCER B2 — livello intermedio superiore.
Questa parola fa parte del vocabolario QCER B2 — livello intermedio superiore.
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