What does this sentence mean " As loud as the voice in my head was telling me to run, my legs refused to move."

Question

What does "as lout as the voice in my head was telling me to run" t mean?

  "As loud as the voice in my head was telling me to run, my legs refused to move."

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Answer 1

This sentence is describing a character whose brain is telling them to run away from a situation, but they were either so frightened or startled or shocked that they feel frozen and unable to move.

Answer 2

Sandy,

This means that though the speaker felt an internal urge to run, he was too overcome to actually act on that urge and begin to run. It implies that the emotions felt, most likely terror, were so strong they prevented him from acting.

Answer 3

The passage describes a character in a scary situation. One would spontaneously run away from such circumstance, like the voice in his/her head was suggesting to do, but his/her legs got frozen by fear and could not do it.

Answer 4

This sentence is meaning that their brain (basically your thoughts) was telling them to run (or to move away quickly) from whatever it was, but their legs physically couldn't move. They were standing there even if their brain was telling them to move.