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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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Does "spun out verbal gems" mean "worked out good ideas"?
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His successor, Greenspan, took just the opposite approach. He loved data, the more arcane the better (usually consumed druing off-hours in a legendary soaking tub where the chairman spun out verbal gems to be used in congressional testimony to encapsulate and sometimes obfuscate the near-term policy outlook).
His successor, Greenspan, took just the opposite approach. He loved data, the more arcane the better (usually consumed druing off-hours in a legendary soaking tub where the chairman spun out verbal gems to be used in congressional testimony to encapsulate and sometimes obfuscate the near-term policy outlook).
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spun out verbal gems i nvented long, beautiful and wonderful sentences The phrase is used ironically, suggesting the speaker has some scorn for this activity. ie the speaker thinks it is not really useful. Clive
- spun out verbal gems i nvented long, beautiful and wonderful sentences The phrase is used ironically, suggesting the speaker has some scorn for this activity.
- ie the speaker thinks it is not really useful.
- Clive
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spun out verbal gems invented long, beautiful and wonderful sentences
The phrase is used ironically, suggesting the speaker has some scorn for this activity.
ie the speaker thinks it is not really useful.
Clive
The phrase is used ironically, suggesting the speaker has some scorn for this activity.
ie the speaker thinks it is not really useful.
Clive
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