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yarb commented on the word out at elbows
Courteous stranger, pursued the pretended hermit, speaking to Don Alphonso, we extend the proposal of partnership to you, and it may be a question whether you will better yourself by rejecting it, in the lamentable condition of your affairs; for, to say nothing of the chance-medley for which you are at hide and seek, your fortune is probably a little out at elbows.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 11
September 18, 2008
yarb commented on the word out at elbows
Citation on patchwork.
October 10, 2008