[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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