Friday, September 30, 2016

Sleeping Similes



Zさん:"おはようございます。”
Bさん:「おはよう。死んだようにねました。」
Zさん:"...? You slept like you were dead? That seems a bit morbid."
Bさん:「Hmm. I never thought about it before, but that Japanese phrase could be considered a bit morbid. But it is more accurate that the English phrase 'slept like a baby'.  Babies wake up 5 or 6 times a night crying and screaming.」
Zさん:"... true... true... but at the end of the day I think I'd rather be a baby than dead."
Bさん:「"Death has a dignity all its own."」
Zさん:"Well, I guess we, with our respective similes, can agree to disagree."
Bさん:「... and neither babies nor the dead can do either.」

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