GR translation: The wind hardly flickers

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, David.

I found this in OED:

3a. . . . Of wind: To blow in light gusts.

I think I get it now.


On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 11:15 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> To “flicker” is “ to make small, quick movements; flutter rapidly: “her
> eyelids flickered"
>
> So for the wind to barely flicker would mean it is barely making small
> quick movement.  But a candle or small flame is said to flicker with a
> light movement of air.  Flickering is usually a visual phenomenon of
> movement.  For air to flicker, it would have to be observed by touch.  And
> air movement is commonly likened to the touch of an invisible spirit,
> ghost.  So the phrase carries a tinge of a haunted house feeling.
>
>
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 10:57 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V42.12-13, P43.7-8   It’s raining. The wind hardly flickers. It brings a
>> scent he finds strange, never having been near a laboratory in his life.
>>
>> What does "The wind hardly flickers" mean here?
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