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...
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...
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...
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?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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:...
