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Re: We don't often get candidates of her caliber.Posted by Gary on October 31, 2004 In Reply to: Re: We don't often get candidates of her caliber. posted by TheFallen on October 31, 2004 : : Could anyone tell me what that might mean? : : Thanks : : We don't often get candidates of her caliber. : Caliber (or calibre as we'd spell it here in the UK) has two meanings. Firstly it's the word for the inside diameter of a tube, most often used with firearms or artillery and by association with ammunition - so a .45 Magnum, a 9mm Walther PPK, a .22 bullet, a 5 inch howitzer and so on. Caliber also means "quality" or "degree of worth" - usually with a tacit implication of good. Thus, your sentence means "We don't often get candidates as good as she is." There used to be a human cannonball act in the UK. I can't remember his name unfortunately. His one-liner was 'you don't often see men of my calibre'.
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