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Aranea Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
"a puffball of a pitch" urgent!!
Can anyone explain me the meaning of this phrase? I didn't even get which pitch is it talking about? VERY URGENT.
Thank you everyone in advance.
Thank you everyone in advance.
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Hello, aranea-- and welcome to English Forums. How do you suppose we might know 'which pitch' when you have supplied no context for us? In baseball, a puffball of a pitch would probably be a very slow and perhaps ineffective one.
- Hello, aranea-- and welcome to English Forums.
- How do you suppose we might know 'which pitch' when you have supplied no context for us?
- In baseball, a puffball of a pitch would probably be a very slow and perhaps ineffective one.
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Hello, aranea-- and welcome to English Forums.
How do you suppose we might know 'which pitch' when you have supplied no context for us? In baseball, a puffball of a pitch would probably be a very slow and perhaps ineffective one.
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Hello, aranea-- and welcome to English Forums.
How do you suppose we might know 'which pitch' when you have supplied no context for us? In baseball, a puffball of a pitch would probably be a very slow and perhaps ineffective one.
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okay, you're right, sorry about that. I don't have really have a context but I think it talks about finance and market and inflating prices. i hope it helps.
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And now another question: Isn't there some risk that the Fed will overdo it?I guessed right, it is a baseball metaphor applied to the financial crisis. He is saying that he can answer the question very
Oh, dear reader…that's a puffball of a pitch. If we can't hit that, you can take our laptop away…you can break our sword…and send us back to the dugout .
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