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SeroMack Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Pull off with sticks and wire
Brandon Harris of Wikipedia has recently made an announcement visible randomly in the top banner of Wikipedia website. Among his words we can read:
I feel like I’m living the first line of my obituary.
What could he have meant when he wrote these words? Is it an idiomatic phrase? I couldn't find it on Google. What is written on people's obituaries if not only a little of their bio?
You might not know this, but the Wikimedia Foundation operates with a very small staff. Most other top-ten sites have tens of thousands of people and massive budgets. But they produce a fraction of what we pull off with sticks and wire.
What does the phrase in bold mean?
I feel like I’m living the first line of my obituary.
What could he have meant when he wrote these words? Is it an idiomatic phrase? I couldn't find it on Google. What is written on people's obituaries if not only a little of their bio?
You might not know this, but the Wikimedia Foundation operates with a very small staff. Most other top-ten sites have tens of thousands of people and massive budgets. But they produce a fraction of what we pull off with sticks and wire.
What does the phrase in bold mean?
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An obituary is a notice published to announce a person's death. He may be afraid that Wikipedia may not last. He compares W.
- An obituary is a notice published to announce a person's death.
- He may be afraid that Wikipedia may not last.
- He compares W.
- with other informational sites that have lots of people working for them and with lots of money behind them.
- W.
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An obituary is a notice published to announce a person's death. He may be afraid that Wikipedia may not last.
He compares W. with other informational sites that have lots of people working for them and with lots of money behind them. W. has a minimum of support (sticks and wire instead of steel and cement).
He compares W. with other informational sites that have lots of people working for them and with lots of money behind them. W. has a minimum of support (sticks and wire instead of steel and cement).
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Hi
Phil is right
In the UK we would say "we do it with string and rubber bands"
[= the whole thing is held together in a very fragile way]
Dave
Phil is right
In the UK we would say "we do it with string and rubber bands"
[= the whole thing is held together in a very fragile way]
Dave
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