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Marquez Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Zachary in britches?
Could you tell me what the part in parantheses means?
Regarding her closely Connors saw that her eyebrows were in fact dark dramatic slashes of eyebrow pencil. "Ever been a model?" he asked, suddenly inspired. "That's how I make it," she said, ("that's how I keep little Zachary in britches), look in the Sunday Times Magazine, I do Altman's, Macy's, you'll see me and three white chicks, usually, lingerie ads...
Regarding her closely Connors saw that her eyebrows were in fact dark dramatic slashes of eyebrow pencil. "Ever been a model?" he asked, suddenly inspired. "That's how I make it," she said, ("that's how I keep little Zachary in britches), look in the Sunday Times Magazine, I do Altman's, Macy's, you'll see me and three white chicks, usually, lingerie ads...
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That is how I earn money to buy the things my son Zachary needs.
- That is how I earn money to buy the things my son Zachary needs.
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Thanks, Blue Jay! Is that an expression? To keep someone in britches?
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marquez"that's how I keep little Zachary in britchesIt means that she works as a model to earn the money to buy britches for little Zachary. This expression occurs in several forms that mean the same thing. For example:
It's how I keep body and soul together.
It's how I put bread on the table.
It's how I keep myself in cigars and brandy.
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