- all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does tooproverb
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- all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same
- a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too
This meaning expresses the idea that fundamentally, all humans share the same experiences and emotions, regardless of their backgrounds or differences. It emphasizes the universality of human existence and the shared nature of life and death.
As long as we live, everyone has the same struggles.
This meaning uses the example of different creatures to illustrate that all living beings, despite their differences in size or significance, have their own lives to lead and share the experience of existence.
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