“This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.” ←这句话中的“lining-u”是什么意思?注:出处-《The Last Leaf》O'Henry 原文第七段

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“This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.” ←这句话中的“lining-u”是什么意思?注:出处-《The Last Leaf》O'Henry 原文第七段

“This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.” ←这句话中的“lining-u”是什么意思?注:出处-《The Last Leaf》O'Henry 原文第七段
“This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.” ←这句话中的“lining-u”是什么意思?
注:出处-《The Last Leaf》O'Henry 原文第七段

“This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.” ←这句话中的“lining-u”是什么意思?注:出处-《The Last Leaf》O'Henry 原文第七段
line在这里的意思是“站队”
如果有人和你站在一边(相信她会康复)的话,医学界的泰斗们会很蛋疼的.
原谅我用了DT这个词,因为医生在这儿的口吻是略带惋惜、嘲讽的口语化表达,认为病人已经病入膏肓且放弃康复的挣扎了.
lining-u 和你站在一边,即支持你的愿望、观点.

Should be "lining-up". Could be a typo from internet source.

"She has one chance in - let us say, ten," he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. " And that chance i...

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Should be "lining-up". Could be a typo from internet source.

"She has one chance in - let us say, ten," he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. " And that chance is for her to want to live. This way people have of lining-up on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly. Your little lady has made up her mind that she's not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?"
My understanding of the sentence is:
If people who are lining-up on the side of the undertaker all have this way of positive thinking, it will make the entire pharmacopoeia look silly.

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