vanveen
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Hello,
could anyone please tell me if the expression "grocer's port" simply stand for a drink of a very bad quality in the following context:
"In literature, vulgarity is preferable to nullity, just as grocer's port is preferable to distilled water."
Even though it is clearly figurative here, could you please define exactly what kind of port in order to indicate how big the gap between these extremes is.
Thank you
could anyone please tell me if the expression "grocer's port" simply stand for a drink of a very bad quality in the following context:
"In literature, vulgarity is preferable to nullity, just as grocer's port is preferable to distilled water."
Even though it is clearly figurative here, could you please define exactly what kind of port in order to indicate how big the gap between these extremes is.
Thank you