Question

With Refrence to the following quote,please elaborate its significance
A narrow shave ; but a miss is as good as a mile.
Dear young lady : your servant to the death. I wish for
your sake I had joined the Bulgarian army instead of the
Servian. I am not a native Servian.
1200 words atleast
Drama-George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man.

Answer 1

The expression has been taken from Arms and the Man written by Bernard Shaw.

Explanation:

• The significance of these lines is that the servant is showing his lifetime loyalty to the young lady.
• Though he was a Serbian, he wanted to serve the Bulgaria army.
• He tells her that he had left the Bulgarian army and left Serbian. Serbian and Bulgarian have always an enemy to each other.