The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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.
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