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User_gary Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
On the horizon, homeopathic droplets in a sea of banality
Most of our recent filmi albums have been like homeopathic droplets in a sea of banality. Except Sajid-Wajid's Dabangg, nothing on the horizon has really pushed us out to the deck in recent weeks. So how do you keep blinking through the studio-fresh, yawnsome stuff? You reach for some old steroid, instead.
Thanks to Virgin Records, we have just the right medicine at the right time - another collection imported from EMI Pakistan's Great Works series. This three-CD set, comprising 28 songs written by the late-13th-early-14th-century poet Amir Khusro (as it's spelt on the cover), comes right after a similar collection of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's works. And like the earlier collection, it dazzles.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I know usually on the horizon means within view.
Source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/610228.aspx
Thanks to Virgin Records, we have just the right medicine at the right time - another collection imported from EMI Pakistan's Great Works series. This three-CD set, comprising 28 songs written by the late-13th-early-14th-century poet Amir Khusro (as it's spelt on the cover), comes right after a similar collection of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's works. And like the earlier collection, it dazzles.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I know usually on the horizon means within view.
Source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/610228.aspx
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It is a simile. Which states that amongst many films on the market (on the horizon, within reach), there are few that can really stand out and those which can are like drops in the bucket.
- It is a simile.
- Which states that amongst many films on the market (on the horizon, within reach), there are few that can really stand out and those which can are like drops in the bucket.
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It is a simile. Which states that amongst many films on the market (on the horizon, within reach), there are few that can really stand out and those which can are like drops in the bucket.
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Fandorinwhich can are like drops in the bucket.Without can, of course
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Thanks Fandorin,
But, what do you mean by "drops in the bucket"? What does it imply?
But, what do you mean by "drops in the bucket"? What does it imply?
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It is idiomatic and means "a very small amount compared with what is needed or expected".
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