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25 Feb 2021
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What does He was unraveling mean?
What does He was unraveling mean?
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25 Feb 2021
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Coming undone. Going from an organized state to a disorganized state.
That loose thread hanging off your sweater? If you keep pulling on it, your sweater will become "unraveled."
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Coming undone. Going from an organized state to a disorganized state.
That loose thread hanging off your sweater? If you keep pulling on it, your sweater will become "unraveled."
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@Keqing It can be, but not necessarily. Being 'insane' implies a certain detachment from reality. You have crossed a line. You can be mentally very unwell and your life in shambles, but you still know the diff between what's real or not and what is right and wrong.
Think of 'unraveling' as 'falling apart.' You can 'fall apart' or become 'unraveled' when your boyfriend dumps you. You cry a lot, skip work, eat a bunch of ice cream.... you're not insane.
"His business plans were unraveling." This works too, but there's nothing here about anyone going crazy. It's someone's business plans falling apart.
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@brendan7somm Thank you so much. I’m sorry for replying to you late. I guess I have posted so many questions a day that I tend to forget to reply some of them. I hope you don’t mind
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