10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIT THE BUFFERS»
Discover the use of
hit the buffers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hit the buffers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perilous Enlightenment: Pre- and Post-modern Discourses : ...
... 'she is entitled to make that attempt; but her defense discloses rather loyalty to
the tradition she inherits than an understanding of those new developments
which now show us that that tradition, as a tradition, has finally hit the buffers' (
207).
George Sebastian Rousseau, 1991
2
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Hit the buffers Fail.* Hit the ceiling Means the same as go through the roof Hit the
deck Dive to the ground.* Hit the ground running Be readyprepared to start a job
or, alternatively, to be suitably qualified for a job. The implication is that a person
...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
3
The run on
the Rock: fifth report of session 2007-08, Vol. ...
On 14 August we discovered that those risks were serious in Northern Rock. At
that point there did not seem much point in blowing up the train before it hit the
buffers because there was a long time in the intervening period in which we
might ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee, 2008
If his romance had hit the buffers, 50, it seemed, had my investigations into Annie
Salter's death. It had been a revelation to discover that her son was still alive and
had been dossing down with her for a while and that now it seemed he was in ...
David Stuart Davies, 2013
5
Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases hit the buffers Brit. come to a sudden unsuccessful end: his world
championship campaign looked as ifit had hit the buffers. – origin mid 19th cent.:
probably from obsolete buff (verb), imitative of the sound of a blow to a soft body.
In a cache read hit, the buffers are turned off to isolate the CPU/cache subsystem
from the rest of the computer, and the cache controller generates the Ready
signal to the CPU. No interaction is required between the CPU/cache subsystem
and ...
We come backwards then hit the buffers again. Bang! We're pissing ourselves
laughing, it's like the dodgem cars at the fun fair. We start to go backwards again
and all of a sudden, it stops. We're nearly a hundred feet off the ground in a crane
...
My train of thought hit the buffers with a jolt. "What do you think?" I stifled my
startled state and pretended to ponder, finger raised meaningfully to chin. "75
percent there. Your characterisation lacks depth, any sense of empathy. It's a bit
like ...
Tim 'Ace Man' Davies & John 'Big Top' Ted McIver, 2008
9
The JCMS Annual Review of
the European Union in 2008
Lithuania Following almost a decade of extraordinary growth, Lithuania's
economy hit the buffers. Although GDP growth registered 3.4 per cent in 2008,
growth slowed considerably during the year, quashing hopes that Lithuania
would be ...
Nathaniel Copsey, Tim Haughton, 2009
10
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
9 hit the buffers mainly UK informal to suddenly stop being successful or stop
happening: The main worry is that the economy might hit the bufi'ers. 10 hit the
ground running informal to immediately work hard and successfully at a new
activity: ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIT THE BUFFERS»
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hit the buffers is used in the context of the following news items.
'German F1 will return in 2016' - IOL Motoring Industry News | IOL.co …
However, he failed to get the race back on track and a rescue attempt by Ecclestone, Mercedes and Hockenheim also hit the buffers. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Has Fabian Delph reversed the trend after Man City snub | Football …
... on the pitch following moves to City, Adam Johnson, Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair all saw their wider international ambitions hit the buffers. «The Sport Review, Jul 15»
EMU rake smashes into buffer at Sealdah, derails
We found that the train was travelling at 14km per hour when it hit the buffers and subsequently came to a halt. The train's speed was slightly ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Speedway: Promoter Ford favoured Lakeside switch for Darcy
And Ford revealed he had been downhearted after a proposed move to the Hammers had hit the buffers. He told the Daily Echo: "It had looked like Darcy was ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
Stoked up: Are Everton FC facing a regular threat from clubs like the …
“There has been a definite policy of trying to bring in younger players though with a suggestion to them that 'your career has hit the buffers a bit ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Larrivey likely to dump Al Wasl for Norwich City
Al Wasl's provisional pursuit of Celta Vigo forward Joaquin Larrivey appears to have hit the buffers with the Argentine striker now seemingly ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
Steam train hopes derailed
... for steam buffs that their hopes of reopening the town's railway station as part of a working heritage line have probably hit the buffers. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
Norwich City transfer news: Robbie Brady to Canaries still remains …
The other non-transfer involves Ricky van Wolfswinkel, whose proposed move back to Sporting Lisbon has reportedly hit the buffers due to the ... «Metro, Jul 15»
Cheer up, the post-human era is dawning
Some day we may hit the buffers. There are chemical and metabolic limits to the size and power of “wet” organic brains. Today's computers do ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Memories of Largs Train Crash of 1995- 'It was like a bomb had …
I could feel the train hit the buffers and I saw bricks and wood and glass and everything was falling around us.” The runaway train travelled ... «Largs and Millport Weekly News, Jul 15»
