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Discussion Groups / English Usage / August 2008a wing of graying hair
Dear All: The following sentence is quoted from "A Good Year" by Peter Mayle. ----- He paused to brush back a wing of graying hair that had fallen over his forehead after one bow too many. ---- I have two questions. a) Does "a wing of graying hair" mean "fringe/bang"? b) "One bow too many" is one bow or many bows? Thank you. - Tacia > Dear All: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > - Tacia Think of combed-over hair falling in front of his face and one bow too many is more than one. > The following sentence is quoted from "A Good Year" by Peter Mayle. > He paused to brush back a wing of graying hair that had fallen over > his forehead after one bow too many. > a) Does "a wing of graying hair" mean "fringe/bang"? A longer lock of hair, combed sideways as Ray says, that swung forward as one piece when he bowed. > b) "One bow too many" is one bow or many bows? Several bows, at least. The bow is described as "one too many", one more than the right number, because if he had not bowed that last time, his hair would have stayed in place. Thank you. I got it. outofdejavu@gmail.com set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > Thank you. I got it. A curl that has flopped out of control. I get it now and again myself, though m hair has only just started greying.  Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply |
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