GR translation: grinding off

[Mike Jing]

Got it. Thanks, David.


On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 2:12 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> “Grind” has many associations having to do with sensory “assaults” of
> harsh sounds and vibrations, even sometimes the smells of burning or
> material disintegration into clouds of dust.
>
> For a bus to “grind off” down a roadway, it might mean it’s gears are
> grinding, or its tires are wearing against the pavement…. But “a grind” can
> also mean a disagreeable or difficult job, or even the institution of work
> or a workplace.
>
> “Off to the grind” means heading to work.
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:47 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V26.11-18, P26.33-39   Busses were grinding off, hundreds of them, down
>> the
>> long concrete viaducts smeared with years’ pitiless use and no pleasure,
>> into haze-gray, grease-black, red lead and pale aluminum, between scrap
>> heaps that towered high as blocks of flats, down side-shoving curves into
>> roads clogged with Army convoys, other tall busses and canvas lorries,
>> bicycles and cars, everyone here with different destinations and
>> beginnings, all flowing, hitching now and then, . . .
>>
>> What does "grinding off" mean here?
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