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hiromichi
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 Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: shelve, save and withhold |
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Please explain the meaning of the first sentence below.
Friends, shelve your Shakespeare, save your Samuel Johnson, withhold your Winston Churchill. Britons say that, when it comes to pure wit, none measures up to 19th-century poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
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CP
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The author is just saying, don't bother checking Shakespeare, Johnson, or Churchill for witty sayings. Go straight to Wilde for the good stuff.
"Shelve" here means to return the books to the bookshelf.
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hiromichi
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CP, I get it. Thank you very much.
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