Question

Cecil says 'shut up and pay up. The highest compliment you can pay someone is to be jealous of them'. Give two meanings that could be implied from this quotation.

Answer 1

A) The quotation implies that there are people who are Jealous of Cecil's pay.

B) It also implies that he doesn't mind them being jealous because to be jealous of someone means that one assumes that subject of the jealousy is better than they are. Cecil's statement implies that doesn't mind when people get jealous over his income.

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