By the hour
Hello
There is a phrase "by the hour" which according to the Dictionary means "from hour to hour"
But in the novel "Listening for lions" by "Gloria Whelan" I cannot make it out how it can mean from hour to hour:
"Pritchard herself had altered the clothes to fit me, sitting by the
hour, tears dropping onto the silks and linens as she took in seams and
shortened hems. Seeing her unhappiness, my dislike began to melt away."
i feel it means she spent an hour doing the clothes but the Dictionary does not confirm this.
Thanks in advance
Top answer
litmom There is a phrase "by the hour" which according to the Dictionary means "from hour to hour" There is no one dictionary you can call "the dictionary". You should say which one. The definition you found (and, surprisingly, the only definition I could find) for "by the hour" refers to a method of calculating wages.
- litmom There is a phrase "by the hour" which according to the Dictionary means "from hour to hour" There is no one dictionary you can call "the dictionary".
- You should say which one.
- The definition you found (and, surprisingly, the only definition I could find) for "by the hour" refers to a method of calculating wages.
- You get paid by the hour when you get a set amount of money for each hour you work.
- Whelan's "by the hour" is not that.
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litmomThere is a phrase "by the hour" which according to the Dictionary means "from hour to hour"
There is no one dictionary you can call "the dictionary". You should say which one.
The definition you found (and, surprisingly, the only definition I could find) for "by the hour" refers to a method of calculating wages. You get paid by the hour when you
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