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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
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"But economically, comparing Carter's dire predicament, which he notoriously mishandled, with Obama's is silly, in part because you can't look at gas prices in a vacuum. "
How can you look at something IN A VACUUM?
I understand the expression means a condition where air is kept out of the environment/container,
but how do you use it as a metaphor for an aspect to look at things?
How can you look at something IN A VACUUM?
I understand the expression means a condition where air is kept out of the environment/container,
but how do you use it as a metaphor for an aspect to look at things?
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'in a vacuum' = without any consideration of context, situation, environment, other events, factors or influences, etc.
- 'in a vacuum' = without any consideration of context, situation, environment, other events, factors or influences, etc.
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'in a vacuum' = without any consideration of context, situation, environment, other events, factors or influences, etc.
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