Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 23
... idiom of using check to mean ticket . They assume that check means test . Consequently , they use ' to take a rain check ' to mean ' to test whether it is raining or will rain ' ; and , by extension , to check whether a future event of ...
... idiom of using check to mean ticket . They assume that check means test . Consequently , they use ' to take a rain check ' to mean ' to test whether it is raining or will rain ' ; and , by extension , to check whether a future event of ...
Pagina 165
... idiom comes from poker , and has nothing to add , apart from describing Ade as inimita- ble . Volume IV , Se - Z , of R. W. Burchfield's Supplement , pub- lished in 1986 , could take the matter no farther back than Ade . I have two ...
... idiom comes from poker , and has nothing to add , apart from describing Ade as inimita- ble . Volume IV , Se - Z , of R. W. Burchfield's Supplement , pub- lished in 1986 , could take the matter no farther back than Ade . I have two ...
Pagina 166
... idiom of the moment in those circles . This was either because Partridge missed it ( unlikely ) , or because he thought that it was synonymous with ' down to ' as low slang for ' wide - awake , suspicious , aware ' , as in ' Down to ...
... idiom of the moment in those circles . This was either because Partridge missed it ( unlikely ) , or because he thought that it was synonymous with ' down to ' as low slang for ' wide - awake , suspicious , aware ' , as in ' Down to ...
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