[Ads-l] Latest development in inglish

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Sat May 13 15:52:24 UTC 2017


JL:  << Confident cybersecurity specialist on CNN: "We're not out of the
water by any stretch of means." >>
GLC:  << This is clearly a blend: ...not by any stretch of the imagination
+ ...not by any means. >>
WB:  Nor out of the woods.    (*By any means of the imagination.)

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