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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Meaning?

Hi,

What are the meanings of the following texts?

!-The irony of the new strategy escaped no one. What is the meaning of escaped no one?

2- Yale's grand lobbying strategy was done to one last hope. What is the meaning of to one last hope?

3-Haitian Centers Council v. McNary had played out with such speed and intensity that it might have been the legal equivalent of a perfect storm. What is the meaning of the legal equivalent of a perfect storm?

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1. Everyone noticed the irony. No one missed it.

— GPY

  • 1.
  • Everyone noticed the irony.
  • No one missed it.
  • 2.
  • It appears to be a mistake for " down to one last hope".
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1. Everyone noticed the irony. No one missed it.

2. It appears to be a mistake for "down to one last hope". There was only one hope left, i.e. only one possible way in which the strategy might work.

3. perfect storm: A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors. (

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1. The irony ... escaped no one.

The irony ... did not go unnoticed by anyone.
Nobody failed to recognize the irony.

2. Yale's ... strategy was down to one last hope.
(You do yourself no favors by misquoting the expression you want explained.)
to be down to ~ to have nothing left except
Yale's ... strategy

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