From a566273cc815dee5657a17738a341c31f6d82e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:56:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 3398 Expressions for sexual relations --- gen/19/05.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gen/19/05.md b/gen/19/05.md index e976c99261..ab2910d391 100644 --- a/gen/19/05.md +++ b/gen/19/05.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "that went into your house" -# we may know them +# that we may know them -These words literally mean "we may know who they are," but the men meant them as a euphemism for "we may have sexual relations with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]]) +The phrase "know them" is a polite way of saying "have sexual relations with them." The men probably were not trying to be polite. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])