Connotations of Against the Day

[rich]

I think of against in this instance as a call for preparation/change/acting
up--like the third pig who builds his house out of stone against the day
when the wolf comes around

rich


On 7/21/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Although I'm not a native speaker and do not feel the language the way
> most
> of you guys do, I do feel that the expression "against the day" may have
> several different connotations, and, maybe, some of them will have little
> to
> do with the antagonism of the primary meaning of 'against'. Could you
> please
> enlighten me in this respect?
>
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