Posted by Dinah on March 27, 2005, at 20:36:36
In reply to Lou's reply to 10derHeart-bgcheslimbrgr » 10derHeart, posted by Lou Pilder on March 27, 2005, at 20:13:26
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-big1.htm
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/64350.html
http://www.bartleby.com/61/72/C0267200.html
The accepted standard meaning seems pretty clear cut. When an expression has a widely accepted meaning, it seems only fair to interpret it by that unless it is clearly not meant that way, don't you think?
Otherwise everyone would be speaking their own language and their own idiom, and meaningful conversation would be difficult at best.
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