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| quibble (Диалог из фильма Jaws 2: BRODY: Because this big fish has been bitten by some other big fish... ELKINS: This is a mammal, not a fish. BRODY: Jesus, don't quibble with me. I want to know if a Great White Shark did this. VLZ_58) | |||
| quibble over words (за находку англ. термина спасибо VLZ_58: I hate to quibble over words, but a painting can be stolen "from the Louvre" even if it's there on loan from a private collection, just as you could say, "The necklace was stolen from my jewelry box," without implying that your jewelry box was the legal owner of the necklace. 4uzhoj) | |||
| play semantics (Ch@ika) | |||
| цепляться к словам: 4 phrases in 2 subjects |
| General | 3 |
| Rhetoric | 1 |