One phrase from a movie that I do not understand
There is a movie series called 'Da Vinci's Devil'.It's kind of a mystery movie which is based on the account of the famous Leonado Da Vinci.I am so much in love with that movie series because it is not only mystery movie but also it is about science and technology and innovations and contirvances and contraptions( the two latter words are from that movies)not to mention there are some adventures and romance as well.The movie is a very vocabulary-rich movie.Even an intermediate level learner like me had to flip back and forth through my old dictionary so frequently that its binding is now fragile(a little bit of my exaggeration!).No doubt my dictionary helped me a great deal.Nevertheless, when I run across the following phrase,it silence itself.That is this:''The clockwork loses its luster when one glimpses the gears beneath its face''.What does it mean? It's kind of like a proverb or a saying or a word of wisdom or something? I couldn't decypher it.I know each and every word of the sentence but still I could not decode its meaning.And I recommend everyone who wants to know high vocabulary or big words to watch that series as there contains a collossal amount of words of widom as well as big words.I already watched that once and this is my second time.Lastly, if anyone of you guys know there are some movies like Da Vinci's Devil, like this genre and like how rich the vocabulary of the movie is ,please let me know.Edutainment is perhaps the best way to learn anything because it can assure maximum retention.
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One phrase from a movie that I do not understand
There is a TV series called "Da Vinci's Demons." It's kind of a mystery program which is based on the account of the famous Leonado Da Vinci. I am so much in love with that movie series because it is not only mystery program, but also it is about science and technology and innovations and contrivances and contraptions (the two latter words are from that series), not to mention there are some adventures and romance as well. The series is a very rich in vocabulary-rich movie.Even an intermediate-level learner like me had to flip back and forth through my old dictionary so frequently that its binding is now fragile (a little bit of my exaggeration!). No doubt my dictionary helped me a great deal.Nevertheless, when I ran across the following phrase, it was silent.That phrase is this: ''The clockwork loses its luster when one glimpses the gears beneath its face''. What does it mean? It's kind of like a proverb or a saying or a words of wisdom or something? I couldn't decipher it. I know each and every word of the sentence but still I could not decode its meaning.
And I recommend everyone who wants to know [learn] advanced vocabulary or big words to watch that series, as it contains a colossal amount of words of wisdom as well as big words. I already watched it once, and this is my second time.
Lastly, if anyone of you [guys] know of some other programs like Da Vinci's Devil, like this genre and like how rich the vocabulary of the movie is, please let me know. Edutainment is perhaps the best way to learn anything because it can assure maximum retention.
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Ah! now I get it! Lorenzo is implying that he is watching Leonado and should there be a case when he ran across Leonado's any manipulative tricks, life is not gonna be so bright as it were for Leonado.He is making a figurative speech of Simile where he assimilates Leonado with a clockwork.Am I understanding right?
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OK. Transcript at https://spiritofsalt.livejournal.com/1025.html Lorenzo is just warning Leonardo that he is watching him and sees through his tricks so he should be careful. Really, no big deal. It's a mediocre line anyway.
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Actually, in that series, Lorenzo, the Italian statesman said that particular phrase to Da Vinci.Another sentence that precedes that phrase is 'Da Vinci, you are so smart.But I'd caution you not to be too smart around me'.So what is the connection in meaning of the two sentences.I don't see anything that make sense.
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Thanks, all. But I still can't understand what it imply.Can you guys explain in a very plain context?
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