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We are splitting hairs here. What is wrong? That his career dawned in Florida?
by Little_Peter 13y ago
We are splitting hairs here. What is wrong? That his career dawned in Florida?
- Panoramix 13y agoI'm sorry, I completely misread what you wrote!
- glurgh 13y agoThe 'dawn' part is wrong. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dawn http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dawn
- gruseom 13y agoIn English, "dawn" only occurs in the morning, so when used metaphorically it always refers to the advent of a thing. The word you're looking for is "twilight", which when used metaphorically means the end or decline of a thing. Thus Nietzsche's Götzen-Dämmerung is translated Twilight of the Idols. There's also the word "dusk", which is the opposite of "dawn", but it tends not to be used metaphorically.