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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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English idiom meanings
Hello, can you please tell me the meaning of the following three idioms?
a) ``Pure scientists were as susceptible to pure corn as lesser beings."
b) ``Take umbrage at your spleen."
c) ``Spend your Holidays in High Dudgeon."
I only know ``take umbrage" means to get angered or upset at something and ``in High Dudgeon" is a feeling of great resentment at something.
a) ``Pure scientists were as susceptible to pure corn as lesser beings."
b) ``Take umbrage at your spleen."
c) ``Spend your Holidays in High Dudgeon."
I only know ``take umbrage" means to get angered or upset at something and ``in High Dudgeon" is a feeling of great resentment at something.
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You are generally correct. "To take umbrage" means to be offended easily. So you would not want to refer to yourself that way.
- You are generally correct.
- "To take umbrage" means to be offended easily.
- So you would not want to refer to yourself that way.
- Obviously, you only get upset at real offenses.
- "In high dudgeon" is a state of indignation or resentment.
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You are generally correct. "To take umbrage" means to be offended easily. So you would not want to refer to yourself that way. Obviously, you only get upset at real offenses.
"In high dudgeon" is a state of indignation or resentment.
"Pure corn" is another matter. Either it is used in the sense of "old-fashioned sentiment" or, less commonly, "flattery."
"In high dudgeon" is a state of indignation or resentment.
"Pure corn" is another matter. Either it is used in the sense of "old-fashioned sentiment" or, less commonly, "flattery."
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