vil
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- Joined
- Sep 13, 2007
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Bulgarian
- Home Country
- Bulgaria
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- Bulgaria
Dear teachers,
Would you tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
I say, Dad, the miners there are awfully on their uppers. (J. Galsworthy, “Exiled”)
Four or five years ago I was on my uppers, and I had seven children, and I went to my (separated) wife and asked her to help me. (W. S. Maugham, “Of Human Bondage”)
be on one’s upper = be poor, be hard up, be on the rocks, be out at elbows
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V
Would you tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
I say, Dad, the miners there are awfully on their uppers. (J. Galsworthy, “Exiled”)
Four or five years ago I was on my uppers, and I had seven children, and I went to my (separated) wife and asked her to help me. (W. S. Maugham, “Of Human Bondage”)
be on one’s upper = be poor, be hard up, be on the rocks, be out at elbows
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V