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I know it’s supposed to represent a certainty, but all that springs to mind is "nailing colours to the mast". Am I close ?
As such it is colloquial understated shorthand
HTH
……and not a metaphor.
Glad we cleared that up
Next up then –
"He’s in the van".
Now I think ‘vanguard’ may have been shortened here, but I’m prepared to be corrected.
Nicely.
"Jumped like a stag" is a metaphor. There’s comparison and evocation there, and even someone like me can understand it. Y’see, I’ve never actually
seen
a stag jump, but I get the picture.
"Jumped from fence to fence" is racing jargon. It’s not used anywhere else and is too literal to be metaphorical
because it’s what actually happens.
Thanks, The Young Fella……shame your post wasn’t the first reply to what was a genuine question.
Pinza, I’m sorry but there’s definitely a whiff of condescension about your first (and subsequent) posts. You made me feel ashamed that I shouldn’t know such a thing! Read it again, see if you can see where I’m coming from. I’ll ignore your rather pathetic asides, congratulate you on your no doubt worthy work (entirely irrelevant here of course), and invite you to look up the word ‘metaphor’, because ‘jumping from fence to fence’ sure as hell isn’t one.
Well, thanks for that !
Can’t remember if I’ve ever been more patronised.
I’m imagining you peering at your screen, smoking jacket and cigarette holder ahoy……what an oik I am, eh ?
Menorah – purely because no Supreme winner since Bula has won the next year’s Champion.
So you’re at the sales. You really like two of the lots but can’t decide which one to plump for. ‘God’ shows you a glimpse of the future and you see that Lot 1 makes up into a multiple Grade 1 winning three-time Champion Hurdler. Lot 2 will achieve much the same, but at 3 miles.
Who – honestly – would buy the stayer ?
Jumps –
Kauto Star – What a CV. We should appreciate him while we can, his retirement will leave a huge void in NH. Obviously we fellas don’t blub, but definitely something in my eye last Boxing Day.
Persian War – A Triumph, three Champion Hurdles (and a second place), the Schweppes as a 5yo with 11:13, on ground from rock hard to heavy………and probably 10lb better if in different ownership. The first horse I ever noticed on TV as a nipper.
Monksfield – Not too shabby a record either.
Loved him for his attitude.Flat –
Dancing Brave – His Arc win gives me goosebumps even now.
Zenyatta – for her quirkiness, and for transcending the game.
Lochsong – no-nonsense speed machine.
Bubbling under – the rogues’ gallery….Harchibald, Made In Japan, Knockroe and ‘the forgotten horse’, Flyingbolt.
…………..they were expecting a big run from Nipper the year he got injured, so it’s good to see him back on track for another go.
Was that the comment at a preview about how they were were gonna take a pull at the top of the hill, then do Kauto for toe?
I nearly died laughing, as I remember.
