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"dot and go on"
Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on". Is that a well-known idiom, or is it some sort of printer's error? Has anyone heard it used in the US?
The full sentence, which is near the beginning of Chapter 21, is
They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go on.
The full sentence, which is near the beginning of Chapter 21, is
They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go on.
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[nq:1]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on". Is that a ... [/nq] OED has 'dot and go one' - 2.
- [nq:1]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on".
- Is that a ...
- [/nq] OED has 'dot and go one' - 2.
- dot and go one.
- An expression representing the limp of a person lame of one leg, or who has a wooden leg which makes a 'dot' on the ground for each step that the other goes.
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[nq:1]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on". Is that a ... They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
OED has 'dot and go one' -
2. dot and go one. An expression representing the limp of a person lame of one leg, or who has a wooden leg which makes a 'dot' on the ground for each step
OED has 'dot and go one' -
2. dot and go one. An expression representing the limp of a person lame of one leg, or who has a wooden leg which makes a 'dot' on the ground for each step
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Bob Cunningham wibbled
[nq:1]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on". Is that a ... They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
I would know it as "dot and carry one", but I would understand the Christie phrase perfectly in context, despite not having heard that version before. Our old
[nq:1]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , has the phrase "dot and go on". Is that a ... They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
I would know it as "dot and carry one", but I would understand the Christie phrase perfectly in context, despite not having heard that version before. Our old
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:04:15 +00 (UTC), Jacqui
[nq:1]Bob Cunningham wibbled[/nq]
[nq:2]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , ... left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would know it as "dot and carry one", but I would understand the Christie phrase perfectly in context, despite ... I've definitely heard "dot and carry one" in more places. I assume y
[nq:1]Bob Cunningham wibbled[/nq]
[nq:2]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , ... left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would know it as "dot and carry one", but I would understand the Christie phrase perfectly in context, despite ... I've definitely heard "dot and carry one" in more places. I assume y
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[nq:2]Agatha Christie, in The Mystery of the Blue Nile , ... left here he was still completely dot and go on.[/nq]
[nq:1]OED has 'dot and go one' - 2. dot and go one. An expression representing the limp of a person ... and adv., qualifying either. Also fig. and transf. and. of course, 'dot and carry one' for the arithmetical process. Misprint?[/nq]
Mis-read. See my response to Jacqui.
[nq:1]OED has 'dot and go one' - 2. dot and go one. An expression representing the limp of a person ... and adv., qualifying either. Also fig. and transf. and. of course, 'dot and carry one' for the arithmetical process. Misprint?[/nq]
Mis-read. See my response to Jacqui.
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[nq:1]Then I looked again at the Agatha Christie book: She did say "dot and go one". I misread it.[/nq]
As well as the title?
Mark Brader, Toronto > "I shot a query into the net. (Email Removed) > I haven't got an answer yet..." Ed Nather
As well as the title?
Mark Brader, Toronto > "I shot a query into the net. (Email Removed) > I haven't got an answer yet..." Ed Nather
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[nq:2]Then I looked again at the Agatha Christie book: She did say "dot and go one". I misread it.[/nq]
[nq:1]As well as the title?[/nq]
Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title, so my fingers typed "Nile" when I meant "Train".
Thank you.
[nq:1]As well as the title?[/nq]
Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title, so my fingers typed "Nile" when I meant "Train".
Thank you.
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Mark Brader:
[nq:2]As well as the title?[/nq]
Bob Cunningham:
[nq:1]Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title ...[/nq]
No, it doesn't.
Mark Brader > "You wake me up early in the morning to tell me Toronto > I am right? Please wait until I am wrong." (Email Removed) > John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 am
[nq:2]As well as the title?[/nq]
Bob Cunningham:
[nq:1]Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title ...[/nq]
No, it doesn't.
Mark Brader > "You wake me up early in the morning to tell me Toronto > I am right? Please wait until I am wrong." (Email Removed) > John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 am
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[nq:1]Mark Brader: Bob Cunningham:[/nq]
[nq:2]Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title ...[/nq]
[nq:1]No, it doesn't.[/nq]
You're right. But you already knew that.
[nq:2]Yes, darn it. I recently read another of her books that has "Blue Nile" in the title ...[/nq]
[nq:1]No, it doesn't.[/nq]
You're right. But you already knew that.
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