“robbed the workers of the sense of beauty and craft.”
Kindly give me the meaning to the above phrase.
The verb to rob is used to describe the action of taking something that doesn’t belong to you, from someone else. This is can be done by force, by intimidation or by threatening the person. For example:
- I robbed a dress from the clothes store last week.
- The thief my mobile phone and purse from me, all my money was in there.
- The bank robbers plan is to rob the biggest bank in New York.
- He robbed me of my dignity.
Common synonyms for the verb rob are;
- steal
- loot
- burgle
- take
- thieve
- swipe.
The phrase sense of beauty and craft is describing a persons ability to perceive and appreciate the art and the delicacies of the world.
Therefore the phrase robbed the workers of the sense of beauty and craft means that the workers or employers have been robbed of their ability to appreciate the finer things in life.
I don’t know the context of this sentence but maybe their job has deprived them of time so they don’t have the time to enjoy their lives outside of work. Or maybe their job is very demanding and they have lost the desire to experience new things.
