Just around the corner...

Posted by Miri Barak on March 18, 2004

In Reply to: Just around the corner... posted by ESC on March 18, 2004

: : : : : : It is said about our dinosaur Pod when he encounters other kind of dinosaurs::

: : : : : : Luckily for them, Pod's instinct to avoid their kind is too deeply ingrained.

: : : : : : Feeling no *comfort factor*, he withdraws. As an added precaution, Pod puts some daylight between himself and the odd-sized animals.

: : : : Thank you Henry,you

: : : : : : My question: What does he mean by comfort factor", somehow it doen't make sense here.

: : : : : : Thank you very much

: : : : : : By the way I have a problem also with "put some daylight between himself..." but I stills have'nt try to dig into it.

: : : : : Comfort factor is a safety margin.

: : : : : "Put daylight between" means to create a clear gap between two things. A phrase popular recently in politics was to create/put/keep clear blue water between the policies of one party and another to show that they were different.

: : : : Thank you Henry you helped me immensely.

: : : Another one:
: : : "Just around the corner a change is in the wind".

: : : Does it mean that a change is expected soon?

: : : Thanks. I found a confirmation to my guess.

: That's what you call a mixed metaphor, isn't it?

yes it is and it's kind of strange.

• Daylight, change in the wind, clear water Smokey Stover 22/March/04
• Just around the corner... ESC 18/March/04
  • Clear blue water R. Berg 19/March/04
    • Clear blue water Brian from Shawnee 19/March/04
      • Clear blue water Miri Barak 19/March/04