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[/nq] While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world. Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
- [/nq] While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.
- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something
is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something
is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
Because that's its name.
No, really A pregnant pause is one that is followed by something of importance or significance. An example would be the hesitation of a presenter at the Oscars just after saying "And the Oscar goes to" and before announcing the name of the winner. Check "pregnant" in any good online dictionary. Here's a start:
"Preg
Because that's its name.
No, really A pregnant pause is one that is followed by something of importance or significance. An example would be the hesitation of a presenter at the Oscars just after saying "And the Oscar goes to" and before announcing the name of the winner. Check "pregnant" in any good online dictionary. Here's a start:
"Preg
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[nq:2]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
[nq:1]Because that's its name. No, really A pregnant pause is one that is followed by something of importance or significance.[/nq]
What about a little bit pregnant pause?
Personal accounts are good because they lessen the liability against future taxes of the retiree while sequestering the funds he's been paying in so they cannot be u
[nq:1]Because that's its name. No, really A pregnant pause is one that is followed by something of importance or significance.[/nq]
What about a little bit pregnant pause?
Personal accounts are good because they lessen the liability against future taxes of the retiree while sequestering the funds he's been paying in so they cannot be u
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[nq:2]Because that's its name. No, really A pregnant pause is one that is followed by something of importance or significance.[/nq]
[nq:1]What about a little bit pregnant pause?[/nq]
That's a phantom pregnant pause.
John Dean
Oxford
[nq:1]What about a little bit pregnant pause?[/nq]
That's a phantom pregnant pause.
John Dean
Oxford
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Don Phillipson filted:
[nq:2]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
[nq:1]While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.[/nq]
And because it often makes you throw up..r
[nq:2]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
[nq:1]While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.[/nq]
And because it often makes you throw up..r
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[nq:2]Why is a pregnant pause so called?[/nq]
[nq:1]While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.[/nq]
That would be the modern interpretation, but "pregnant" for "with child" is, in fact, a seventeenth century (or later) euphemism.
The OED doesn't list "pregnant pause", but
[nq:1]While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during the time interval of the pause) that will come into the world and act on the world.[/nq]
That would be the modern interpretation, but "pregnant" for "with child" is, in fact, a seventeenth century (or later) euphemism.
The OED doesn't list "pregnant pause", but
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[nq:2]While a metaphor, the phrase suggests something is developing (during ... will come into the world and act on the world.[/nq]
[nq:1]That would be the modern interpretation, but "pregnant" for "with child" is, in fact, a seventeenth century (or later) euphemism.[/nq]
In the Patrick O'Brian books, a character will sometimes say he's "with child" to know or do something it seems to mean
[nq:1]That would be the modern interpretation, but "pregnant" for "with child" is, in fact, a seventeenth century (or later) euphemism.[/nq]
In the Patrick O'Brian books, a character will sometimes say he's "with child" to know or do something it seems to mean
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