12-20-2014, 08:17 PM
...the use of the word 'pray' as opposed to 'prey' is deliberate. If anything, I was not referring to worship. Interesting perspective....oh, and yes I have seen sheep. I guess my sheep/deer or sheer are poetically obscure ^_^
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Cheers, lol.
I think with the simile of 'doe-eyed' what I was trying to convey was...
doe-eyed
doe-eyed
(dō′īd′)
adj.
1. Having wide-open, innocent-appearing eyes: doe-eyed children gazing at the shelves of candy.
2. Credulous and unsophisticated; naive: took advantage of doe-eyed investors.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
doe′-eyed`
I guess what you are saying is that this simile cannot be used to describe sheep? Cheers.
adj.
having wide, trusting eyes resembling those of a young deer.
[1930–35]
Back to the lab...
Cheers, lol.
I think with the simile of 'doe-eyed' what I was trying to convey was...
doe-eyed
doe-eyed
(dō′īd′)
adj.
1. Having wide-open, innocent-appearing eyes: doe-eyed children gazing at the shelves of candy.
2. Credulous and unsophisticated; naive: took advantage of doe-eyed investors.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
doe′-eyed`
I guess what you are saying is that this simile cannot be used to describe sheep? Cheers.
adj.
having wide, trusting eyes resembling those of a young deer.
[1930–35]
my muse ran screaming....no really