Wu Ting
How would you interpret ‘today of all days’ here? She had come a half hour early, today of all days, and caught me red-handed. The broad, canvas-bound notebook in my hand. I’d been wondering how to set that cotton duck to flame; the army tends to manufacture indestructible things. Stamped plainly across the front: “Potomac Academy.” She could probably see right through to the naked figures inside, as if catching me with an eight-pager. I may have blushed. How would you interpret ‘today of all days’ in the context? Thanks! And it’s from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.
2015年3月17日 07:02
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I don't know the context of the story, but generally, 'today of all days' is a way of saying this is the last day I would want whatever it is to happen. She came early, and (for whatever reason), this is the last of all days he would want her to be early. It is the most inconvenient day on which she could come early. Likewise if you are depending on someone to arrive on time for a really important event, and they are late, you might say, why, today, of all days, did you have to be late. This is the worst possible time to be late. Hope that helps.
2015年3月17日
In this context, "today of all days" is synonymous to saying "just my luck...". It implies that the early arrival of this woman (to the narrator) is an inconvenience. "Today of all days" also stresses the narrators desire to make a good impression as well as his disappointment that the unlucky circumstances resulted in the opposite
2015年3月17日
In this context, "today of all days" is synonymous to saying "just my luck...". It implies that the early arrival of this woman (to the narrator) is an inconvenience. "Today of all days" also stresses the narrators desire to make a good impression as well as his disappointment that the unlucky circumstances resulted in the opposite
2015年3月17日
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