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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010Hiassen: trot in
Hello: What does "trot in" suggest, say in contrast to "bring in?" Fair/high speed in doing that? ---- "Before I met Chaz, he worked for a cosmetics company," she said. "He was their big scientific hotshot, the one they'd trot in to testify how safe their perfumes were." Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 52 http://tinyurl.com/ybwlkq ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > was their big scientific hotshot, the one they'd trot in to testify > how safe their perfumes were." No speed involved. The bring him in like a horse they want to show off, to impress people as they put him through his paces.  SignatureJames > > What does "trot in" suggest, say in contrast to "bring in?" > > Fair/high speed in doing that? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > No speed involved. The bring him in like a horse they want to show off, > to impress people as they put him through his paces. Ah, I get it. Thank you both. Marius Hancu In our last episode, <e1fea237-8eca-4be7-924e-f8592d1b2545@m31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and talented Marius Hancu broadcast on alt.usage.english: > Hello: > What does "trot in" suggest, say in contrast to "bring in?" > Fair/high speed in doing that? It suggest a show pony. The public hearing, official inquiry, or whatever is not taken seriously, but it is necessary to carry it off with a degree of showmanship. In the Texas legislature, a committee hearing is often called a "dog-and-pony show" --- an amusement for small minds that has nothing whatsoever to do with legislation. > ---- > "Before I met Chaz, he worked for a cosmetics company," she said. "He > was their big scientific hotshot, the one they'd trot in to testify > how safe their perfumes were." > Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 52 > http://tinyurl.com/ybwlkq > ---- > -- > Thanks. > Marius Hancu SignatureLars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> Warbama's Afghaninam day: 65 1566.7 hours since Warbama declared Viet Nam II. Warbama: An LBJ for the Twenty-First century. No hope. No change. In our last episode, <e1fea237-8eca-4be7-924e-f8592d1b2545@m31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and talented Marius Hancu broadcast on alt.usage.english: > Hello: > What does "trot in" suggest, say in contrast to "bring in?" > Fair/high speed in doing that? It suggests a show pony. The public hearing, official inquiry, or whatever is not taken seriously, but it is necessary to carry it off with a degree of showmanship. In the Texas legislature, a committee hearing is often called a "dog-and-pony show" --- an amusement for small minds that has nothing whatsoever to do with legislation. > ---- > "Before I met Chaz, he worked for a cosmetics company," she said. "He > was their big scientific hotshot, the one they'd trot in to testify > how safe their perfumes were." > Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 52 > http://tinyurl.com/ybwlkq > ---- > -- > Thanks. > Marius Hancu SignatureLars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> Warbama's Afghaninam day: 65 1566.7 hours since Warbama declared Viet Nam II. Warbama: An LBJ for the Twenty-First century. No hope. No change. |
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