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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
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bit/devil is in the details?

A terrorist (Ravil Issyanov) blows up an embassy and is escorted back to America in a submarine. Unfortunately they are heading through a notoriously dangerous bit of water where several ships have vanished. As it turns out there's a giant octopus out to get them and a cruise ship with some of the terrorists buddies on board waiting to help him escape. The sub runs into trouble with our eight armed friend and the CIA agent on board has to try to keep control of his prisoner while the submarine is battered by the octopus. Doesn't sound too silly so far, no worse than the plots of many respectable films reviewed on the site. But as ever the devil, or in this case the complete stupidity, is in the details.



1. Can "bit" be used in formal writing for the same meaning?

2. What does "devil is in the details" come from?



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1. ), you might want to say "stretch of water" or "a nortoriously dangers passage" or something like that. 2.

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1. I think that for more formal writing (although it's hard to imagine writing formally about a giant octopus and a terrorist being allowed on a submarine, but okay...), you might want to say "stretch of water" or "a nortoriously dangers passage" or something like that.

2. See this:
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