[請益] hanging from the rafters

[mrken (快將我毀滅。)]

請問 hanging from the rafters 是什麼意思？
直譯的話是 吊在屋椽上 ，衍生的意思是什麼？

有一個句子是：

The darkies were hanging from the rafters pop-eyed they were so scared.

還有，

I don't exactly make them hanging from the rafters.

要怎麼理解？
謝謝解答。

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→ dunchee:1. 原來是出自"Gone With The Wind"。你可以自己用Google
→ dunchee:(Web/Books)找那段來看。這裡的"(were) hanging from the
→ dunchee:rafters"是有些誇張，但是也是離事實(字面意思)不遠 (那些
→ dunchee:黑奴在馬廄裡頭無處可逃，剩下的去處就是往上爬。詳情看小
→ dunchee:說內容(那一段)，不會很難，你自己試著去理解)
→ dunchee:2. 你自己找出處。沒有 context 就只能從字面意思上去看
→ mrken:謝謝。