Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
He meant them no injury and Across
Hi, My guess for "He meant them no injury", He didn't meant to offend them ?
What is "Across" in across-the-aisle colleague?
"Over lunch one afternoon that summer with a Democratic senator to whom he was close, John McCain exclaimed, “What the hell is Bill Clinton doing to Hillary?” McCain was friendly with the Clintons. He meant them no injury. But for his across-the-aisle colleague, the conversation threw into sharp relief the nightmare scenario that was causing so
many Democrats such angst: that Hillary would skate to the Democratic nomination"
What is "Across" in across-the-aisle colleague?
"Over lunch one afternoon that summer with a Democratic senator to whom he was close, John McCain exclaimed, “What the hell is Bill Clinton doing to Hillary?” McCain was friendly with the Clintons. He meant them no injury. But for his across-the-aisle colleague, the conversation threw into sharp relief the nightmare scenario that was causing so
many Democrats such angst: that Hillary would skate to the Democratic nomination"
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My guess for "He meant them no injury", He didn't meant to offend them? - Yes, or to hurt them politically. 'Across the aisle' = opposing political party.
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My guess for "He meant them no injury", He didn't meant to offend them? - Yes, or to hurt them politically.
'Across the aisle' = opposing political party.
'Across the aisle' = opposing political party.
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The two parties sit in separate sections of the legislature, with an aisle running between the sections.
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