I was reading this book and I saw this sentence: " The pile of stone that had served them as home bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in weather."
I can't quite get it. I think I know what cooled-sweat is ( It's just that! cooled sweat!) but how can a house bear a cooled-sweat FEELING? I've never experienced such a thing before a change in weather.
2006-10-08 02:07:41 · 2 answers · asked by Mahyar 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In a very humid climate, the stones would most definitely have that sort of 'feeling', especially if the weather is changing from warm to cool and back again. It's a way (granted, an odd way) of saying that there is moisture on the stones. Or at least, that's what I get from the sentence.
2006-10-08 02:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by hrprrbn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe in certain climates that is what they experience. Where is the book basing the story out of? Yes I do agree it is strange though. Maybe they were nervous about the storm and being stuck there to begin with and it cooled down before the storm hit? I wouldnt read to into it, I myself have run into these phrases and been stumped. Just get away from that sentence!!! It is a time sucker!!
2006-10-08 09:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by fancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋