A rolling stone
prolonged singledom has become a rolling stone, gathering up debt and offspring that, we can be imagine, will manifest themselves in years to come in more broken, or never-realised, marriages.
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a) Does "a rolling stone" mean "a problem that gets worse and worse"? And does "a rolling stone" mean always something negative?
b) What does "themselves" refer to?
c) Does "offspring" here mean kids from the unwed?
d) Does "broken" here mean "divorce"?
Thank you.
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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is the saying. The writer means that people who choose to stay single for a long time won't make any deep connections in their lives, and will later suffer for it. However, the writer adds that the "rolling stone" does gather other things - I think there's a little confusion between "rolling stone" and "snowball" here.
"Themselves" would mainly refer to "offspring" (ie. children), although I can imagine the debt is also included here.
A broken marriage is a marriage which has ended in separation or divorce. We can also say "broken home" if children are affected.
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