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Water cooler
2023-12-07Reader question:What does this sentence – Now, these are not events that will create crowds at water coolers – mean? Particularly, "w...
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Tail wags dog?
2023-12-07Reader question:In this quote – "No player is above the team. You run into a lot of problems when the tail wags the dog" – what ...
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“假小子”怎么说
2023-12-07Reader question:In this quote – "Pierce has always been interested in women dressed as men, because, she says, that's how she grew up -...
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Gone south?
2023-12-07Reader question:What does this quote describing a basketball game – "Our offense has gone south completely in the second half" –...
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Upfront, up front
2023-12-07Reader question:In the following – Should we have been upfront with them in both cases? What do you think the results of such honesty would have...
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Pyrrhic victory 惨胜
2023-12-07Reader question:What does this sentence – Most historians agree that the battle was an Egyptian defeat or a draw or at best a Pyrrhic victory &n...
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“用情不专、滥情”怎么说
2023-12-07Reader question:In this headline – British men stay single longer to play the field – what does "play the field" mean exactly?My...
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CNN主播辱华用词分析
2023-12-07Julia writes:Sorry to trouble you, but I have a question regarding insulting remarks against the Chinese on April 9 made by Jack Cafferty, one of comm...
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Make a beeline?
2023-12-07Reader question:"I watched Dolan. He marched into the locker room after that game – he made a beeline."In the above quote, what does &...
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Poetic justice
2023-12-07Reader question:In this headline – Buffett: Bank woes are 'poetic justice' – what does "poetic justice" mean?My comments...