You have the lips of the pharmacist of Figueres (telling to Mae West and speaking about the pharmacist and philosopher of the history Alexandre Deulofeu).
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dali compares Mae West to a pharmacist using a specific local reference.
- In plain terms
- Your lips look like the pharmacist from my hometown.
- What can you take from it?
- Use specific local references in comparisons.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you give compliments?
- What works in humor?
Another view
The joke relies on obscure context.
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