Expression: Brown study
Hi
Would you say that these two expressions are common among native speakers? (Although I notice in my dictionaries that 'a brown study' is a dated expression, I recently came across it in our local newspaper.)
A brown study
Navel-Gazing
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-brown-study?topic=thinking-and-contemplating
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/navel-gazing
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Brown study - I've never heard of it. Must be British. it comes up empty.
- Brown study - I've never heard of it.
- Must be British.
- it comes up empty.
- q=%22brown+study%22&l=0 Naval-gazing, wool-gathering - I hear them, but not often.
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Brown study - I've never heard of it. Must be British.
fraze.it comes up empty.
https://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=%22brown+study%22&l=0
Naval-gazing, wool-gathering - I hear them, but not often.
0Mr. Toma brown study
I think I've read it a British publication once or twice, but that was some time ago. It seems I have to look up its meaning every time I run across it because it strikes me as somewhat foreign every time I see it.
Mr. TomNavel-Gazing
I haven't heard this expression in many, many years. I don
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