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13 Oct 2018
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"They backed away, scooped up their boards, and ran toward the dumpster with whick they had blocked the alley, none the richer, maybe wiser, but probably neither."
In the sentence above, I don't understand the part "none the richer, maybe wiser."
Could anyone clarify for me, or rephrase in other way?
Thank you.
"They backed away, scooped up their boards, and ran toward the dumpster with whick they had blocked the alley, none the richer, maybe wiser, but probably neither."
In the sentence above, I don't understand the part "none the richer, maybe wiser."
Could anyone clarify for me, or rephrase in other way?
Thank you.
In the sentence above, I don't understand the part "none the richer, maybe wiser."
Could anyone clarify for me, or rephrase in other way?
Thank you.
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It means they didn't make any money but maybe they gained experience (gained wisdom). However, the narrator doubts that they learned anything from their mistake.
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It’s an idiom phrase. It means “they have not learned anything from what they did”
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It means they didn't make any money but maybe they gained experience (gained wisdom). However, the narrator doubts that they learned anything from their mistake.
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