Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Usually justify a lot of shoe leather???
Did you bring that poor woman down here
so that I'd have to be the one to tell her
that her daughter was a prostitute?
No. Of course not. I thought
Hollywood Division told her.
Hollywood Division?
They ran a pretty bare-bones
investigation, didn't they?
Well, a hooker dead from
an overdose in a hotel room
doesn't usually justify a lot of shoe leather.
Hollywood did
their due diligence.
What does it mean usually justify a lot of shoe leather?
so that I'd have to be the one to tell her
that her daughter was a prostitute?
No. Of course not. I thought
Hollywood Division told her.
Hollywood Division?
They ran a pretty bare-bones
investigation, didn't they?
Well, a hooker dead from
an overdose in a hotel room
doesn't usually justify a lot of shoe leather.
Hollywood did
their due diligence.
What does it mean usually justify a lot of shoe leather?
Top answer
doesn't usually justify a lot of shoe leather = is not usually a good reason for a lot of walking. The speaker is irritated that he had to travel so far just to look at an ODed prostitute; it is too common an occurrence.
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doesn't usually justify a lot of shoe leather = is not usually a good reason for a lot of walking.
The speaker is irritated that he had to travel so far just to look at an ODed prostitute; it is too common an occurrence.
The speaker is irritated that he had to travel so far just to look at an ODed prostitute; it is too common an occurrence.
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Hi,
Yes, 'shoe leather' is a reference is to walking. But in this context I read it as a reference to police officers not walking around to investigate after the body was discovered.
Hollywood Division did very little investigation of the death. They just did the minimum th
Yes, 'shoe leather' is a reference is to walking. But in this context I read it as a reference to police officers not walking around to investigate after the body was discovered.
Hollywood Division did very little investigation of the death. They just did the minimum th
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