From the news, about the weather:
“We’ll bottom out, and then we’ll start to turn a corner.”
So as to see more of the bottom?
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[Merriam-Webster’s definition of bottom out: “to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve.” The reporter meant of course that temperatures will begin to rise.]
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Metaphors, mixed
By Michael Leddy at 5:52 PM
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