"A gift of flowers to a woman implies……" — Eleanor Perenyi

A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as… - Eleanor Perenyi
"A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as deliciously desirable as the blossoms themselves; but there may be another and hidden message, contained in the old-fashioned phrases like 'shy as a violet, 'clinging vine,' not originally conceived as pejoratives, that tells more of the truth - which is that flowers are also emblems of feminine submission."

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