Not Chopped Liver (1947); Texas Toast (1960); Ants on a Log (1983)

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Mon Dec 29 01:08:26 UTC 2003


        Note that "bailiwick" and "whole ball of wax" are in a sense opposites:  "Whole ball of wax," of course, quintessentially denotes completeness.  "Bailiwick," on the other hand, is essentially a limiting term, indicating the bounds of a person's jurisdiction.

John Baker



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