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Fri 23 Jul, 2004 06:50 pm
"Although the last six weeks have been difficult, and today is very bittersweet, I'm so honored to be here as the USS Ronald Reagan comes into home port," former first lady Nancy Reagan said in her first public appearance since her husband's funeral. "In my heart, I know he is looking down on us today and smiling."
The phrase "look down on" means "to despise" , while Nancy actually wanted to say "look out upon". So she has misused the phrase?
No; she means Reagan is 'looking down from heaven at us.' 'Look down on' can mean 'look upon from above.'
Maybe he's looking up to us (as role models or- you get the idea)
dròm_et_rêve was right here.
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