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Copysnake Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Sit on one's hip

"Jobs had just led Apple on a triumphant rampage through a new market sector, portable digital-music player, and he was looking around for more technology to conquer. He found the ideal target sitting on his hip."

what does the idiom sit on his hip mean? 

another question: The author says "Jobs, being Jobs, was curious." what does this mean?

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copysnake what does the idiom sit on his hip mean? I don't know if it's a regular idiom. From the source article, it seems that the new market he found was the cell phone market, so I think it's referring to the place he kept his cell phone: in his hip pocket, presumably.

  • copysnake what does the idiom sit on his hip mean?
  • I don't know if it's a regular idiom.
  • From the source article, it seems that the new market he found was the cell phone market, so I think it's referring to the place he kept his cell phone: in his hip pocket, presumably.
  • " what does this mean?
  • It means that it is his nature to be curious.
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copysnakewhat does the idiom sit on his hip mean?
I don't know if it's a regular idiom. From the source article, it seems that the new market he found was the cell phone market, so I think it's referring to the place he kept his cell phone: in his hip pocket, presumably.
copysnakeThe author says "Jobs, being Jobs, was curious." what do

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