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What does "too impatient to be delicate" in this context mean?
What does "too impatient to be delicate" in this context mean?
I ripped the photo of my parents off the wall and broke the frame, too impatient to be delicate. I pulled the small odd shaped photo from the frame and confirmed my suspicion. It was torn.
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They handled the photo roughly and broke it because they were in a hurry instead of being patient and carefully removing the photo.
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It means they're in too much of a hurry to be careful
For example,
"My mom became so impatient waiting in traffic that the second she could drive off, she did, breaking every traffic law imaginable."
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@Oliviawoodz I'm very scared of my mother's driving
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@Oliviawoodz the example I used to help you understand your original question is an example from my life. My mothers driving is 'too impatient to be delicate"
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@DJTurtle0 ah I understood 🤣
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