vil
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- Sep 13, 2007
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- Bulgarian
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Dear teachers,
Would you share with me your opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?
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[FONT="]“You’re talking a lot of damned lies,” he said roughly. “Don’t think ye can pull the wool over my eyes like that” (A. J. Cronin, “Hatter’s Castle”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]draw (pull) the wool over somebody’s eyes = make a fool of someone; pull someone’s leg; blear someone’s eyes [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Thank you for your efforts. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Regards,[/FONT]
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Would you share with me your opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]“You’re talking a lot of damned lies,” he said roughly. “Don’t think ye can pull the wool over my eyes like that” (A. J. Cronin, “Hatter’s Castle”)[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]draw (pull) the wool over somebody’s eyes = make a fool of someone; pull someone’s leg; blear someone’s eyes [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Thank you for your efforts. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Regards,[/FONT]
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[FONT="]V [/FONT]