Auldlangsyne
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- Sep 29, 2014
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- Polish
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- UK
“She purred down the line”
Does it mean that she expressed her feelings with pleasure (purred) and was thoroughly happy (down the line)?
I have struggled with finding a proper explanation for "down the line" that would make this sentence logical. The dictionaries in which I have looked it up translate it as "in the future" or " down the road". I only guess this is the right translation since it is a common knowledge how she (HM the Queen) felt about the outcome of the Scottish referendum, I am not 100% sure though, my translation is correct.
Thank you.
Does it mean that she expressed her feelings with pleasure (purred) and was thoroughly happy (down the line)?
I have struggled with finding a proper explanation for "down the line" that would make this sentence logical. The dictionaries in which I have looked it up translate it as "in the future" or " down the road". I only guess this is the right translation since it is a common knowledge how she (HM the Queen) felt about the outcome of the Scottish referendum, I am not 100% sure though, my translation is correct.
Thank you.