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I don't understand the phrase, "Half the world away."
The reason I don't get it, is because if you live the whole world away from someone, technically you'd live right next to them, therefore, isn't living literally half the world away metaphorically living the whole world away?
The reason I don't get it, is because if you live the whole world away from someone, technically you'd live right next to them, therefore, isn't living literally half the world away metaphorically living the whole world away?