[Lexicog] names as characteristic of a category

[Fritz Goerling]

Fritz Goerling wrote:

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How about "she is a real Eve"?

(John)
I am not familiar with any idiomatic usage of Eve in the Bible. 

(Fritz)
Nor am I. But in everyday German one might hear it as a compliment
(Eve, the epitome of womanhood)

(John)
What is this supposed to mean?

(Fritz)
You are married, John. You know why, don't you?

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John R

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John R Roberts
 



 
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