[Ads-l] "dig out" wikthout the "out"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Traditionally, one attempts to climb out of a hole. Back in 2010 there
was a discussion on the list about the following phrase:

When you are in a hole, stop digging.

Charlie et al included the phrase in The Dictionary of Modern
Proverbs. Here is the first citation:

[Begin excerpt]
1911 Washington Post 25 Oct.: "Nor would a wise man, seeing that he
was in a hole, go to work and blindly dig it deeper, as [William
Jennings] Bryan did when he shifted ground and assailed the integrity
of the President and the Judges."
[End excerpt]

Garson


On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Misguided attempt to avoid ending with a "preposition"?
>
> Am sure I've heard similar exx. (not "dig") on cable news, one very
> recently. But what?
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I think given the context there's a missing "out" here.  There has
>> never been a place in the universe in or from which Trump does not dig
>> himself.
>>
>> LH
>>
>> > On Aug 26, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>> >
>> > "Some polls have him [D___ T___] on 1% of black votes, and that is a
>> hole from which he cannot dig himself."
>> >
>> > From The Economist, at Clinton says Trump has based his campaign on
>> prejudice and paranoia
>> >
>> > |   |
>> > |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
>> > | Clinton says Trump has based his campaign on prejudice a...The
>> Democratic nominee suggested that Donald Trump had aligned himself to white
>> supremacists and conspiracy theorists |
>> > |  |
>> > | View on www.economist.com | Preview by Yahoo |
>> > |  |
>> > |   |
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In my dialect, "dig" is creating a hole, not climbing out of one.  Is
>> the above usage specifically British?
>> >
>> > Joel
>> >
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