LL-L "Words" 2008.06.29 (02) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Words" 2008.06.28 (04) [E]

From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de <jonny.meibohm at arcor..de>>
Subject: LL-L "Words"

*In category 'False Friends':*

E: 'tank', meaning an armoured vessel
G: 'Tank', meaning a bin, a container

But the the armoured vehicle only got its name because a British officer
thought the prototype looked like a water tank!

Paul

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From: Ed Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Words" 2008.06.28 (05) [E]

At 11:33 PM 28/06/2008, Kevin Caldwell wrote:

 There is also the phrase "to be in the tank (for someone)," meaning to be
> someone's supporter, and usually implying that the person being supported
> has paid off the supporter or promised some favor, or suggesting that
> someone who should be impartial is really working to help one side.
>

There's also the expression, "he tanked," which is derived from "to be
tanked" i.e. to be so drunk as to be thrown in jail.  It now seems to have a
much broader meaning, something like to have such a bad performance as to be
removed from the sport.  E.g.:  "Yet on Tuesday Taylor told reporters in
Minnesota that Garnett "tanked it" when he sat out last season's final five
games to go to California to get his sore right knee checked. Team officials
publicly supported Garnett's decision at the time it was announced."

Ed Alexander

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