10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINE-TOOTH COMB»
Discover the use of
fine-tooth comb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fine-tooth comb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Brown Paper Bag and a
Fine Tooth Comb
Claire isn't comforted in knowing that although she can't pass for White, she can pass the "brown paper bag test." Doesn't that make her people as prejudiced as the Whites?
Claudette Carrida Jeffrey, 2012
2
Quite Literally: Problem Words and how to Use Them
not noire fine-tooth comb not fine-toothed comb or fine toothcomb/tooth-comb.
Most experts recommend fine-tooth comb (a comb with fine teeth), whereas
Kingsley Amis (quoted by Lynne Truss) claims that it was once possible to buy ...
3
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2 us informal A city's finest is its police force: New York's finest fine-tooth comb /,
farn.tu:6'ksum/ ® /-'koum/ noun with a fine-tooth comb If you go through
something with a fine-tooth comb, you examine it in great detail and with great
care: ...
4
Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
Fine-tooth comb The use of a "fine-tooth comb" has been expanded to mean
paying special attention, taking great care in some effort so as not to miss
anything. a. She went over my room with a fine-tooth comb looking for my credit
card. b.
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
fine toothcomb or fine-tooth comb: I hope you haven't been staying up nights
wondering if there's a comb specially made for you teeth. A fine-tooth comb is just
a comb with narrow, closely spaced teeth. You use it, metaphorically, to search ...
6
Writing About Literature: Essay and Translation Skills for ...
Try 'scale' or 'magnitude' instead. fine-tooth comb A fine-tooth comb is a comb
with narrow, closely spaced teeth. Mothers go through their children's hair with a
fine-tooth comb after an outbreak of nits in the primary school, and researchers
go ...
7
A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To go over something with a fine-toothed comb (APP 77: MP 127) 1910 Go
through that room with a fine-tooth comb. (p. 200) Wodehouse, P. G. Leave It to
Psmith. London. 1915 I went over the flat with a small-tooth comb. (p. 15) Buchan,
John ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of Anecdotes and ...
FINDING THE FINE-TOOTH COMB. An English Methodist preacher, who spoke
in a meeting out West, told the following story: " It I8 but a little while since I was
traveling along one of our great rivers surrounded by the deep forest ; I stopped
at ...
9
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
He would rattle off a saying HH- Glaring at me and my two classmates for our
stupidity, he would finally deign to give us the translation. “It means: the goat's
hair needs a fine-tooth comb!" Of course. Finally, the Agency deemed me
proficient ...
Valerie Plame Wilson, 2007
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of filthy lucre. ] find • all found (lAS<Jl*Bfc*b) ; ty'&'MS'a (You get two thousand
dollars a month and all found. {fclWlSr to find against ! frtb*-^ fiJM$c#MThe jury ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINE-TOOTH COMB»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fine-tooth comb is used in the context of the following news items.
JetBlue to begin Daytona Beach service Jan. 7
"They're going to go over everything with a fine-tooth comb." Cooke said he and Tom Caradonio, executive director of the Daytona Beach Area ... «Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jul 15»
JetBlue to begin Daytona Beach service to New York Jan. 7
"They're going to go over everything with a fine-tooth comb." Cooke said he and Tom Caradonio, executive director of the Daytona Beach Area ... «Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jul 15»
European Markets Spike On Greek Proposals
However, this weekend, European Union finance ministers will be tasked with evaluating the proposal with a fine-tooth comb. They want to ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
NSW waste no time with Origin post-mortem
... on Wednesday night in the series decider, the Blues will waste no time going over every aspect of their preparation with a fine-tooth comb. «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
Should Donovan McNabb be removed from the Syracuse Board of …
I'm not sure what the fine print says on that "lifetime" membership on the Board of Trustees but someone better grab the fine-tooth comb. «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
Congress for separate CBI probes into Vyapam scam, deaths
... further investigation into the Vyapam scam will require that the chief minister's role as a kingpin is probed thoroughly with a fine-tooth comb.". «Daijiworld.com, Jul 15»
6 wet hair tricks to take you from the pool to the party
Follow with a fine-tooth comb for a more structured look, says Giovanni Vaccaro, creative director at GLAMSQUAD. Try a gel that doesn't leave ... «Today.com, Jul 15»
City Commission divided on property tax hike
... proposal to increase property tax rates to pay for more police officers has sent opponents scurrying to review expenses with a fine-tooth comb ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
Ken Olisa interview: Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London on using his …
... Kazakh mining company – should have generated enough enemies to guarantee that his past has been gone through with a fine-tooth comb. «The Independent, Jul 15»
Just keep moving on up
... at Masuk High School, a slick-hitting outfielder whose every move was analyzed with a fine-tooth comb by Major League Baseball scouts. «CT Post, Jul 15»
