Two hearts beat as one

[4GS]

Why that's just............. impossible!!

[B00]

You've been listening to Endless Love again haven't you?

[mccfluff]

what if you put two hearts in a mixing bowl and beat them together, am i just being sick now , i'll get me coat ;-(

[4GS]

3ight8ball, that's so funny
Each and every time, and I mean every time you post that it cracks me up. I'm laughing now as I read it, tears of laughter streaming down my face, oh God make it stop, my sides are hurting

Hilarious

[Quizmonster]

You seem yo be on an "anti-figurative' kick at the moment, 4GS! Language is not always used literally. I'll bet you've said to someone in the past, "I'll kill you!" Did you...'kill him', that is?
Oddly enough, people who are very close to each other often do synchronise bodily motions. For example, women sharing a prison-cell are known to find their menstrual cycles beginning to coincide.
I'm not saying that happens with two sets of heart-beats, but you see the point, I'm sure. In the non-literal sense, the phrase just illustrates a very close relationship where those involved think alike, act alike, believe alike and so on. In other words, "two hearts which beat as one" is a figure of speech, not a factual statement.

[fredpuli47]

QM (and the rest of us) may be reassured to know that judges understand that " I'll kill you" is not to be taken as sufficient, or sometimes, any, evidence of intent when the speaker immediately embarks upon an attack on the victim. The prosecution always requires a lot more evidence of intent to kill than that.

It's good to know that our law does permit of the application of common sense :)

[Quizmonster]

So, as Fred says, "I'll kill you!" is recognised by the judiciary as just a figure of speech, too...a hyperbole, in fact, which creates "a vivid impression by extravagant and obvious exaggeration". (Chambers)
The world of the spoken/written word would be a drab place, indeed, if we were forbidden to use figurative language, 4GS.