Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker uses a vivid physical metaphor to describe the pain and absurdity of childbirth.
- In plain terms
- Giving birth is described as a painful and weird physical experience.
- What can you take from it?
- Childbirth involves intense physical discomfort.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you describe intense physical pain?
- What metaphors help you understand difficult experiences?
Another view
This metaphor might not resonate with everyone's experience of birth.
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