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Jussi Pelkonen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:01 pm
Post subject: Q: "to make a book with two covers" |
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Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay - I guess it is either sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.
Here is an excerpt of the text in question (some of you know the book, I'm
sure):
"Hippies, the headmaster thought, seeing a pair of fans making 'the book
with two covers' in the grass. Drug addicts. D&D players. He'd turn them all
to cinders if he could,..."
Thanks in advance!
J.P.
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Q: "to make a book with two covers" |
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Jussi Pelkonen wrote:
| Quote: | Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay - I guess it is either sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.
Here is an excerpt of the text in question (some of you know the book, I'm
sure):
"Hippies, the headmaster thought, seeing a pair of fans making 'the book
with two covers' in the grass. Drug addicts. D&D players. He'd turn them all
to cinders if he could,..."
It's not an idiom in the strict sense of the word - I've never heard it |
before.
However, from the little context it probably means something like
"having sex".
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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Phil C.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:33 pm
Post subject: Re: Q: "to make a book with two covers" |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:16:43 +0200, Einde O'Callaghan
<einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
| Quote: | Jussi Pelkonen wrote:
Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay - I guess it is either sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.
Here is an excerpt of the text in question (some of you know the book, I'm
sure):
"Hippies, the headmaster thought, seeing a pair of fans making 'the book
with two covers' in the grass. Drug addicts. D&D players. He'd turn them all
to cinders if he could,..."
It's not an idiom in the strict sense of the word - I've never heard it
before.
However, from the little context it probably means something like
"having sex".
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Perhaps a headmaster-ish version of "making the beast with two backs"
(Othello)?
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Phil C.
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Jussi Pelkonen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Q: "to make a book with two covers" |
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"Phil C." <nobody@nowhere.com> kirjoitti viestissä
news:nmppf0pb43b01adgpreji03bgfv5r4couk@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:16:43 +0200, Einde O'Callaghan
einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
Jussi Pelkonen wrote:
Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the
true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay - I guess it is either
sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.
Here is an excerpt of the text in question (some of you know the book,
I'm
sure):
"Hippies, the headmaster thought, seeing a pair of fans making 'the
book
with two covers' in the grass. Drug addicts. D&D players. He'd turn
them all
to cinders if he could,..."
It's not an idiom in the strict sense of the word - I've never heard it
before.
However, from the little context it probably means something like
"having sex".
Perhaps a headmaster-ish version of "making the beast with two backs"
(Othello)?
--
Phil C.
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Yes... I gave it a thought, and I must say that I wouldn't be a bit
suprised, if you were right.
Thanks, I shall now count on your explanation!
J.P. |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:05 am
Post subject: Re: Q: "to make a book with two covers" |
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"Jussi Pelkonen" <Jussi.Pelkonen@kolumbus.fi> wrote in message news:<cdiqpb$4jk$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>...
| Quote: | "Phil C." <nobody@nowhere.com> kirjoitti viestissä
news:nmppf0pb43b01adgpreji03bgfv5r4couk@4ax.com...
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:16:43 +0200, Einde O'Callaghan
einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
Jussi Pelkonen wrote:
Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the
true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay - I guess it is either
sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.
Here is an excerpt of the text in question (some of you know the book,
I'm
sure):
"Hippies, the headmaster thought, seeing a pair of fans making 'the
book
with two covers' in the grass. Drug addicts. D&D players. He'd turn
them all
to cinders if he could,..."
It's not an idiom in the strict sense of the word - I've never heard it
before.
However, from the little context it probably means something like
"having sex".
Perhaps a headmaster-ish version of "making the beast with two backs"
(Othello)?
--
Phil C.
Yes... I gave it a thought, and I must say that I wouldn't be a bit
suprised, if you were right.
Thanks, I shall now count on your explanation!
If he hadn't specified a pair, I'd have assumed it was a "lucky Alphonse" threesome. |
Mike. |
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