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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
The wearing of the dog collar puts paid to any tendency
“Because you’ve been going to Culverhuse Farm at least once a week since Robin died five years ago, Cynthia – Mrs. Richardson, I mean – had somehow got the idea that there was more in your meetings with Grace Ingleby than met the eye. That’s why you’ve recently been keeping your visits secret.”
“I’m not really at liberty to discuss that,” the vicar said. “The wearing of the dog collar puts paid to any tendency one has to be a chatterbox. But I must put in, in her defense, that Cynthia is very loyal. Her life is not always an easy one.”
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“I’m not really at liberty to discuss that,” the vicar said. “The wearing of the dog collar puts paid to any tendency one has to be a chatterbox. But I must put in, in her defense, that Cynthia is very loyal. Her life is not always an easy one.”
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Didn't this British "puts paid to" expression crop up in one of your earlier posts? I don't know if it's currently in use in modern BrE. " These expressions are used figuratively.
- Didn't this British "puts paid to" expression crop up in one of your earlier posts?
- I don't know if it's currently in use in modern BrE.
- " These expressions are used figuratively.
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Didn't this British "puts paid to" expression crop up in one of your earlier posts?
I don't know if it's currently in use in modern BrE.
I'd say it would be equivalent to "The wearing of the dog collar writes off (eliminates) any tendency one has to be a chatterbox." These expressions are used figuratively.
I don't know if it's currently in use in modern BrE.
I'd say it would be equivalent to "The wearing of the dog collar writes off (eliminates) any tendency one has to be a chatterbox." These expressions are used figuratively.
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