01-17-2012, 04:11 AM
I think it's part of the fun, to go back and read these idioms and understand them in the modern setting. Someone a thousand years from now will literally translate the modern English "weak-knead" and leave it up to the reader to enjoy discovering the ancient idiom. Some people, I suppose, would rather not bother with all of that and just want to get down to the real meaning. I guess it's a matter of preference. I too like the literal approach. There's something beautiful and archaic about the old ways people spoke.
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