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Was bedeutet "He holds his lovers, like they're quarters for payphones" ?
Was bedeutet "He holds his lovers, like they're quarters for payphones" ?
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It's an interesting phrase if for no other reason than it talks about someone using a pay phone.
I remember the days before phone cards, when you always had to have coins at hand in case you needed to make a call from a pay phone. So in this case, I think the writer is talking about how this character keeps his lovers at hand, not "spending" them until he needs to. They are there, in his pocket, always available to him, until he has a use for them.
And they are quarters. They are of no great value and easily replaced with other coins, but he keeps a few on hand, just in case.
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It sounds like a simile. A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as". Both parts of the sentence are talking about different things, but they have similar meanings.
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@Digame: It might mean that his lovers are disposable to him.
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In this case, his lovers don't mean much to him.
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They are saying that his lovers are as insignificant to him as loose pocket change.
Quarters have little value in US currency, so saying that someone values a person as much as they value cheap coins is to say that he does not value them very much.
He does not care.
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It's an interesting phrase if for no other reason than it talks about someone using a pay phone.
I remember the days before phone cards, when you always had to have coins at hand in case you needed to make a call from a pay phone. So in this case, I think the writer is talking about how this character keeps his lovers at hand, not "spending" them until he needs to. They are there, in his pocket, always available to him, until he has a use for them.
And they are quarters. They are of no great value and easily replaced with other coins, but he keeps a few on hand, just in case.
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a quarter is about 250 won if I'm not mistaken
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