牛角尖(niújiǎojiàn) is the tip of a ox horn.钻牛角尖(zuānniújiǎojiān) means to continue headstrong into a blind alley, or to split hairs to study an insignificant or insoluble problem. 我姐姐爱钻牛角尖. Wǒ jiějie ài zuānniújiǎojiān. ...
Is there a nefarious T. Doyle you'd prefer not to be confused with? It's T. C. and always has been since day one. Conflicting stories as to why. One is that the TV cartoon show of the day,Top Cat, had a namesake character who was T. C. to his fellow alley cats. Supposedly ...
There is a light at the end of the alley. Archive England Hueless archive England, Horsham – May 2017 shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be ...
By all accounts, the celebrations my kids want as tweens and teens require little prep on my part and are right up my alley. Ear piercing followed by lunch out with a few fabulous young ladies? Yes, please! Still, no matter the celebration, there is an emotional charge to the day that...
In a quiet alley off a church square. A water reservoir with other human beings floating mute to the cruelties of men. Anywhere. Everywhere. I was born on the South Side of Chicago in 1956, just six years after that Civil War ended over there. But we rarely if ever talked about the ...
Death mainman Chuck Schuldiner possessed one of the most visceral, throat-ripping voices in death metal, adapting his style to fit whatever new alley he took the death metal machine down. Evil Chuck also had a fairly intelligible delivery without sacrificing any sort of grit, putting his imagina...
sometimes to the detriment of his professional progress. Run-ins with the law and years spent on probation made his releases likeMy 1st Chemistry Set(2013) and hisTrappers Alleyseries (2011 and 2015) memorable fan favorites but sporadic reminders of his promise rather than announcements of his ...
“Fantasy” with eight weeks topping the charts. The song samples “Blind Alley,” a 1970s hit by the Emotions. David Morales, who collaborated with Carey on the song, said the duo revolutionized remixing with the hit. ""Mariah opened up a whole other door, and not many people at that...
The poems are steeped in lush descriptions (rosy cheeks as velvety as a ventricle). Readers are transported to shadowy alleyways, grand gothic manors, and moonlit nights where vampires lurk, not as fearsome predators but as creatures in search of meaning. LoSchiavo’s vampires are multifaceted—...
“Plantains are even richer in potassium than bananas. Baked sweet plantains have 663 mg of potassium per cup,” says Parris. If plantain chips are up your alley, up to 10 slices provides 501 mg. Related:Here's What Happens to Your Body if You Eat Avocados Every Day ...