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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Dam the Potomac
Hi.
"Insiders have already penned enough don’t-blame-me memoirs and score-settling biographies to dam the Potomac." [From The Economist.]
What does the "to dam the Potomac" metaphor mean in the context?
Thank you.
"Insiders have already penned enough don’t-blame-me memoirs and score-settling biographies to dam the Potomac." [From The Economist.]
What does the "to dam the Potomac" metaphor mean in the context?
Thank you.
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Anonymous What does the "to dam the Potomac" metaphor mean in the context? Not a metaphor really, just hyperbole: enough books and other biographical writings to build a paper dam across the Potomac River (the river that runs past Washington, DC).
- Anonymous What does the "to dam the Potomac" metaphor mean in the context?
- Not a metaphor really, just hyperbole: enough books and other biographical writings to build a paper dam across the Potomac River (the river that runs past Washington, DC).
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AnonymousWhat does the "to dam the Potomac" metaphor mean in the context?Not a metaphor really, just hyperbole: enough books and other biographical writings to build a paper dam across the Potomac River (the river that runs past Washington, DC).
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