You are not like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once, are you?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jokingly asks if someone is acting as three gentlemen at once.
- In plain terms
- You are acting like three men all at once.
- What can you take from it?
- People sometimes adopt too many different personas.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we judge identity?
Another view
The reference to Cerberus might be lost on some readers.
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