…held a huge pair of forceps, and in the other the needle of the whirling instrument used for boring holes in teeth prior to filling them. ‘I am Paul’ he said, ‘ and it is my unpleasant task to attend to your mouth every day. I shall first of all extract your teeth, then replace them, and, lastly, fill them. It will hurt you frightfully, but you must be patient; and I shall keep on at it till you cease swearing and begin of your own accord to repeatThe Old Hundredth, when your punishment will cease, and you will find yourself on the high road to Heaven. Now!’ And here I could stop him, he thinks the forceps into my mouth and began pulling. Pain! The pain was unendurable, inconceivable! All my previous sufferings were as nothing to it. And with the extraction of each tooth it increased. At last…

…button holes in a dream means wearing one’s shroud at the time of his preparation for burial. Wearing a shirt with stripes in a dream means travels, or it could mean performing a pilgrimage. Wearing a shirt that does not properly cover one’s body in the dream means falling short in performing one’s religious duties. Wearing a black shirt in a dream means sorrow, distress and worries. Wearing one’s shirt inside-out in a dream means reversal of one’s condition, or having a loathsome and a forbidden type of sexual relationship with one’s wife from the anus. A shirt in a dream also represents one’s house or shelter. If one’s shirt is torn in half vertically in a dream, it means relief from anxiety or depression. If one’s shirt is torn from the back in a dream, it means that one will suffer from defamation, or be falsely accused of sexually…

…Putting holes into pearls to string them in a dream means fulfillment of one’s goals, easingof one’s passage, or facilitating one’s marriage. (Also see Drill)…

…Dreaming of quilts, foretells pleasant and comfortable circumstances. For a young woman, this dream foretells that her practical and wise business-like ways will advance her into the favorable esteem of a man who will seek her for a wife. If the quilts are clean, but having holes in them, she will win a husband who appreciates her worth, but he will not be the one most desired by her for a companion. If the quilts are soiled, she will bear evidence of carelessness in her dress and manners, and thus fail to secure a very upright husband….

Velvet is a symbol of opulence and keeps a very close relationship with financial wealth. When a beautiful, lively colored velvet fabric presents itself in your dreams, it predicts a considerable improve in your social situation, which will probably come with great financial success. On the contrary, if the fabric is damaged or has holes in it, it’s a warning for you which indicates that you should protect yourself against evil arts, so you don’t get seriously harmed. Velvet in dreams also predicts that we’ll see ourselves surrounded by certain commodities that will take us by surprise.

Usually the road is the symbol of your targets and the way you chose to reach them. The road that has no barriers is going straight, shows that you will get to your target very easily. If the road has some of the obstacles, beware of that and prepare yourself for hard journey to your goals. The road that is very narrow and has many holes in it, means that you are going on the wrong direction and should start looking for a better road if you wish to achieve whatever you wish. Think about it, keep the same destination, but only change the way you are going to reach it.

If you saw a street in a dream, then it symbolizes the road of your life you are taking. The way the street looks indicates your influence of your own life. If the street has holes in it, then it means that some of the aspects are unfulfilled in your life. The dream, in which you only see side streets, indicates the need to come back to basic way of the living. On the other hand, the sideways of the streets denotes to the unique lifestyle you have. To get a better interpretation of your dream, please see also the meaning of road.

Symbolizes the ideal, the soul and everything pure and precious that can exist inside the impure and perishable world. The pearls that have holes in it are interpreted as the dream about the necklace, which means that when they are putted together they symbolize the continuity. The single pearl symbolizes purity, wisdom and goodness. If the necklace of pearls breaks and all of the pearls fall out on the ground, then such dream represents the misfortune and disappointments you will suffer.

The snake is the symbol of knowledge. If the snakes you see are coming out from the bushes, holes or the ground, then it means that all of the hidden feelings and emotions are finally coming to the daylight. The snake is also a symbol of dreamer’s sexuality, therefore the one who dreams of it is lacking for sexual activities or has hidden desires.