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hiromichi
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 Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject: have high elbows |
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What does "has high elbows" mean?
But I think a more accurate point is that the House Republicans in an hour of need have turned to a fresh, old face.
JIM LEHRER: Because Boehner had been in the leadership and then he was ousted in '98.
TOM OLIPHANT: A veteran of leadership fights at the beginning of the Gingrich era in 1998. He is very -- he has very sharp elbows. He has a reputation, by the way, as an excellent bipartisan legislator also.
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Philo Kevetch
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: have high elbows |
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To "elbow" other people out of your way...
Imagine someone trying to get to a sale table in a crowded store...in the frenzy, they are using their elbows to move other people out of their way...not worried about being polite.
In the examlpe you cite..."leadership fights"..."He is very--he has very sharp elbows" = He is very "aggressive". So, a "figure of speech" with "SHARP elbows" meaning : more than usual; extra; super; etc. |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Philo Kevetch, Thank you.
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