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pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Can anybody please tell me what's the exact meaning of the phrase "the (or a) pot of gold at the end of the rainbow," and from where it originates? Does the "end" here really mean one of the two ends...
07:22 Sun 25th Nov 2007
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The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Can anybody please tell me what's the exact meaning of the phrase "the (or a) pot of gold at the end of the rainbow," and from where it originates? Does the "end" here really mean one of the two ends...
04:54 Sat 24th Nov 2007
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Pass the plate

I found in John Grisham's novel The Runaway Jury the following dialogue: "What do you want to do?" "I can think of a lot of things. We could charter a big boat, go for a ride in the Gulf, fish if we...
10:39 Mon 26th Mar 20071 answer, last by heathfield 11:03 Mon 26th Mar 2007
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Rage of Angels

Sidney Sheldon, American writer, wrote a novel entitled "Rage of Angels". Could you please tell me what the exact meaning of this title is, and to what the allusion is made?
13:33 Wed 31st Jan 20073 answers, last by tara20 00:04 Fri 02nd Feb 2007
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The sky is/was falling

I noticed that Sidney Sheldon came up with a novel in 2000 entitled "The Sky Is Falling". The other day I happened upon a similar saying in John Grisham's book "The Runaway Jury": "Added to the rumor...
07:58 Fri 15th Dec 20065 answers, last by mintytone 20:25 Fri 09th Feb 2007
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"that" or "what"?

In George Orwell's essay "A Nice Cup of Tea", which the author tells the reader what he considers to be the best method by which tea is made, the last sentence is as follows: "It is worth paying...
07:24 Fri 01st Dec 20068 answers, last by drdeng 01:09 Mon 04th Dec 2006
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Auto-antonyms

I learned a lot from the discussions about "no-brainer". The word "auto-antonym" came up in the course of the discussions. Can anyone give more examples of...
08:09 Fri 24th Nov 20063 answers, last by Quizmonkey 18:25 Fri 24th Nov 2006
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nothing but everything

I understand that "nothing but..." means "only...". However, if "only everything" is substitued for "nothing but everything" in the following passage, the result would seem unreasonable. Could anybody...
03:58 Sat 04th Nov 20061 answer, last by chakka35 12:27 Sat 04th Nov 2006
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a six-mile-an-hour man

Is a six-maile-an-hour man characterized by slowness in doing things? Or the phrase signifies something else? I found it in the following passage by Goldsmith: "Dunbar: Seward was what I'd call...
03:53 Sat 04th Nov 2006
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I was all pink

Please tell me what's the exact meaning of "I was all pink" as is found in the passage quoted from Goldsmith's book: "Seward Jr.: I was nearly dead when they got to me. Some fellow walking along found...
03:49 Sat 04th Nov 20061 answer, last by A_Bloodaxe 05:17 Sat 25th Nov 2006
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hurt or cold or British?

Could anyone tell me what "hurt or cold or British" means in the following passage taken from Goldsmith's book? "Seward Jr.: After they divorced, Mon was completely depressed. I don't think she really...
03:47 Sat 04th Nov 20061 answer, last by Postdog 11:27 Sat 04th Nov 2006
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have something/someone by the tail

What does "have something/someone by the tail" mean, as is used in the following passage from Irwin Shaw's Bread Upon the Waters? "...My ideas... well, that nothing is permanent. Those old Romans,...
08:28 Thu 02nd Nov 20061 answer, last by Quizmonster 08:39 Thu 02nd Nov 2006
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weep vinegar

Can anyone tell me what "weep vinegar" means as is found in the passages from Irwin Shaw's novel "Bread Upon the Waters"? "...Have you been married...
10:13 Mon 30th Oct 20061 answer, last by Quizmonster 11:28 Mon 30th Oct 2006
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Jump into the pit and roll the dice

I don't know what the two idoms mean in the following passage. They were discussing something about mass actions. "Then came tobacco," he said sadly. "Many of the same lawyers, from right here. I...
05:56 Sat 30th Sep 20062 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:28 Sat 30th Sep 2006
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Group bitch meeting(s)

I will greatly appreciate it if anyone will tell me what "group bitch meetings," as is mentioned in John Grisham's novel The Summons, are like. Here are the relevant passages: "I'll be back shortly....
08:33 Thu 28th Sep 20063 answers, last by maxximus 11:52 Thu 28th Sep 2006
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pull time for a beating

Again, a phrase in John Grisham's The summons baffled me: "Axel proved to be a fine lawyer, but there wasn't much he could do on the legal front... Axel supervised the paperwork, recommended a good...
09:24 Mon 25th Sep 20062 answers, last by andy-hughes 14:24 Mon 25th Sep 2006
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kick the tires

What is the meaning of "kick the tires" as it is used in the following passage from John Grisham's novel The Summons? "I talked to a Realtor yesterday, Baxter Redd, one of the better ones in town. We...
05:36 Sun 24th Sep 20063 answers, last by Dingoeater 10:48 Sun 24th Sep 2006
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Go in a pot

Actually the phrase was found in John Grisham's novel The Summons. When discussions were held between two brothers as to how to handle the house his father had lived in, the dialogue is as follows:...
14:31 Thu 21st Sep 20062 answers, last by Quizmonster 17:23 Thu 21st Sep 2006
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Phrase

What's the meaning of "go in a pot"?
10:47 Thu 21st Sep 20061 answer, last by Quizmonster 12:39 Thu 21st Sep 2006

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