Hold the fort To take charge, often to act as a temporary substitute to remain at one’s post, to maintain or defend one’s position.
Have the ball at one’s feet See ADVANTAGE. In financial terms, a “cornering” involves one party buying all of one kind of stock or commodity, thereby driving potential buyers and sellers into a corner because they have no option but to acquiesce to the price demands of those controlling the stock. expression, dating from the mid-19th century, was originally heard only in financial contexts however it is now heard in noncommercial contexts as well. This metaphorical expression stems from the role of the ball carrier in American football.Ĭorner the market To possess, have access to, or be in control of something which is in demand from the financial practice of attempting to secure control over particular stocks or commodities.
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To be with her was like living in a room with shuttered windows -Edith Wharton.The restriction is like saying to an avid reader he can’t see a book for nine months -Kent Hannon on ruling restricting basketball practice for players who don’t have C average, New York Times, July 21, 1986.Suffocating as the interior of a sepulchre -Anon.In another version of the tale Morelia, Poe kept the comparison but changed the frame of reference to the mystery of the wife’s manner instead of her company. oppressed me like a spell -Edgar Allen Poe.Manageable as chess pieces -George Meredith.I wear my chains like ornaments, convinced they make a charming jingle -Phyllis McGinley.Irrepressible, like flame catching kindling -George Garrett.He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city without walls - The Holy Bible/Proverbs.He kept it rigidly at the back of his mind, like a fruit not ripe enough to eat -H.Feel like a dog on a short leash -Joanne Kates, New York Times/Hers, September 18, 1986.(Ordered lives) contained like climbers huddled to a rock ledge -W.(Always trying to) confine things into the shape of a phrase, like pouring water into a sewer -Vita Sackville-West.Circumscribed like a dog chained to a tree -Beth Nugent.
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