KattyJamison
Interpreters, anyone? ))
A young woman looks at a notesheet and says: "Ah, finally! Sun dawns over a marblehead!"
A young woman looks at a notesheet and says: "Ah, finally! Sun dawns over a marblehead!"
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20.09.2008 в 22:43Erm, does it have ahything to deal with the phrase "sun is finally over a yardarm"?
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24.09.2008 в 07:51Etimologically - sure does. But there is a layer of meaning in the first one which is not covered in a second. Has to do with the "marblehead" part.
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24.09.2008 в 19:18*What is marblehead?
And the answer should be also somehow related to the notesheet she was looking at, shouldn't it? Maybe, the woman has suddenly come up with a useful thought?
Marble is usually cold and dumb, whereas sun can warm it up a bit...
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30.09.2008 в 00:27The girl lives in New England - sun dawns from the ocean here. And we do have marble cliffs. Which are cold and dumb until sunrise happens. So if I had to explain this idiom to someone in this context I would say: "OMG, it was here all the time! I FINALLY get it!"