Three individuals have been apprehended in the case of the lithium pools,
according to the Prosecutor's Office.
-
So far, three individuals have been apprehended in the investigation into
the industrial evaporation pools of Bolivian Lithium Deposits (YLB),
reported ...
down at the heels
Needy and therefore shabby. The expression alludes
to the worn-out heels of shoes needing repair, and also to holes in one’s
socks. Indeed, one of the earliest references in print is to the latter: “Go
with their hose out at heles” (Thomas Wilson, The Arte of Rhetorique, 1588).
The expression was common by 1700 and well worn enough to be a cliché
by 1800.
0 comentarios:
Publicar un comentario