ETIMOLOGÍA DE LA PALABRA CURATE'S EGG
Derived from a cartoon in Punch (November, 1895) in which a timid curate, who has been served a bad egg while breakfasting with his bishop, says that parts of the egg are excellent.
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10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «CURATE'S EGG»
Descubre el uso de
curate's egg en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con
curate's egg y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
1
Food Aid, Agriculture and the African Farmer: A Curate's
Egg?
Discusses the controversial issue of food aid which in the view of the World Bank and the World Food Programme is "an important and undervalued resource for development in Africa".
Cyril K. Daddieh, Emmanuel Kwezi Aning, 2000
2
Vietnamese State Industry and the Political Economy of ...
Was it dragon's tooth or curate's egg? Was it the basis for military strength and
socialist construction, or was it something, clearly rotten, which must for various
reasons be presented as 'good in parts'? For traditional communists, those who ...
3
Football: The First Hundred Years : the Untold Story
E. Dunning, 'Something of a curate's egg: comments on Adrian Harvey's “An
Epoch in the Annals of National Sport”', IJHS 18:4 (2001). E. Dunning and G.
Curry, 'The curate's egg scrambled again: comments of the Curate's Egg Put
Back ...
4
The Association Game: A History of British Football
115–18. The quotation is from Harvey, Football, p. 97. For the debate over
Harvey's interpretation of the role of Sheffield in the early history of football, see
Eric Dunning, 'Something of a Curate's Egg', International Journal of the History
of Sport ...
Matthew Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Dr, 2013
5
Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
CURATE'S EGG the curate's egg. A mixed blessing. MWCD: 1905. Source: EGG.
MWCD: 14th cent. The term curate's egg derives from a story about a British "
curate" (a clergyman) who was served a stale egg by his host (either the bishop
or a ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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Civil Passions: Selected Writings
a century ago, a Punch cartoon gave an expression to the language: the curate's
egg, good in parts. A young curate of meek appearance is dining in considerable
formality with the family of his 'Right Reverend Host'. This severe-looking cleric ...
7
Teachers and Football: Schoolboy Association Football in ...
135-43; J. Goulstone, Football's Secret History (Upminster: 3-2 Books, 2001); E.
Dunning, 'Something of a curate's egg: Comments on Adrian Harvey's "An epoch
in the annals of national sport" ', The International Journal of the History of Sport,
...
8
Sugar and Spice... Exploring Food and Drink Idioms in English
Among our corpus, very few idioms seem to have functions that are not
prevalently informational and evaluative. An example of an idiom that has an
important organizational function is A CURATE'S EGG . To mean that something
is a mixture ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
curate's egg noun something that is good in parts uk, js«i From the phrase 'good
in parts - like a curate's egg'. • Perhaps supermarket wine departments should
create a special section marked Curate's Eggs - the honesty of this, allied to the ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
The term in use, by the Economist, April 5-11, 1986: Band-Aid's band of
volunteers feel that even the best of agencies resemble the curate's egg, a view
that professionals in the aid business find hard to take from a beginner. And by
R.W. ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «CURATE'S EGG»
Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término
curate's egg en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
Unpredictable Mexico obliged to win Gold Cup
Overall, Mexico is a curate's egg going into the Gold Cup. For every positive, there is a negative and vice versa. In the end, though, that isn't an ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
Comment: It's stop–start yet again at M&S
It makes the company more of a curate's egg than ever. Impressive progress is being made on profit margins, and the M&S online offering looks ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
A stitch in time
Her response was: "A bit like the curate's egg - good in parts." "How do you mean 'Good in parts'?" "Well, when I got out of bed this morning I ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
High noon in the Ofsted corral
My overall view of the proposed reforms echoes the comments made in a book review some years ago: “It is a curate's egg…. While the whole ... «Schools Week, Jun 15»
Pharmacy deal clears parliament
... rules were one of Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm's main concerns over the package he labelled a "proper curate's egg, good in parts". «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
The greenest government ever? By no stretch of the imagination
This is something of a 'curate's egg' story. Good things have been done, but nothing like as much as could and should have been done. «The Ecologist, Jun 15»
Impressive chequered start by City of Derry
The City of Derry season can be defined to date as being akin to the curate's egg, good in parts. All three teams embarked on the current ... «Londonderry Today, Jun 15»
Mayo on course for five titles in a row
... title when they beat Galway by 2-8 to 1-15 at Pearse Stadium, Salthill, yesterday in a semi-final that was like the curate's egg - good in parts. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
Fear over fund shift
Like the 'curate's egg' his reply was good in parts, but I think he might concede there has been a massive shift in financial provision from central ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jun 15»
Forever Mr. Flay: A Forgotten Role of Christopher Lee
The adaptation received mixed reviews, and today is thought of as something of a curate's egg: its complicated plotting arose from the ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
