2007-05-18 04:22:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I don't think the phrase "walk of life" ever occurs in the singular. Only the phrase "people from all walks of life" sounds natural to me. It doesn't really refer to aspects of life, but to all the different lifestyles people have and backgrounds they come from. So "people from all walks of life" include rich people and poor people, local people and immigrants, professionals and labourers, gay people and straight people, married people and single people, etc.
2007-05-18 04:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me 'a walk of life' is the 'path' that our lives take us through ... and yes, that is 'all aspects of life' ... the things we do, the people we meet, our friends, our enemies ...
Take my 'walk of life' ... I made some 'very bad choices' in my life, that I 'regretted deeply' ... until I met the man who is now my husband. Suddenly I realized that if I had made 'good choices' instead of 'bad' ones, I would never have met him ... and since we are 'married forever and beyond' and are 'totally happy' even when times are tough, I think that I now actually think I made 'the right choices' for me, even though they seemed very bad at the time ... because my husband is my lover, my best friend, and my 'soul mate' ... so that while there are some 'weird bumps' on my path, I think that when I die, it will have been 'the right path' that will 'take me straight to Heaven.'
2007-05-18 12:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A walk of life" usually refers to one's career: "What walk of life are you in?"
"All aspects of life" is just that - the totality of one's experiences, not just what one does for employment.
Hope that helps....
2007-05-18 11:28:49 · answer #3 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋