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MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.
AT THE ACADEMY SOIREE.
"_How well your Picture bears the artificial light!_" i.e., "Couldn't
look worse than it does by daylight."
"_Mustn't keep you on the stairs. Such heaps of your friends asking
for you upstairs_;" i.e., "Got rid of him, thank goodness!"
"_Here you are at last! Been dodging you from room to room!_" i.e.,
"To keep out of your way. Caught at last, worse luck!"
"_You look as if you had just stepped out of a picture-frame!_" i.e.,
"Wish you'd step back into one!"
"_Not seen Mr. O'Kew's picture? You_ must _see it. Only three rooms
from here, and no crowd there now. So go and bring me back word what
you think_;" i.e., "Now to flee!"
AT LORD'S.
"_Yes, I'm so fond of Cricket_;" i.e., "How can I find out if Oxford
or Cambridge is in?"
"_Don't move, pray_;" i.e., "If she doesn't, I shall be smothered in
lobster-salad!"
"_Not the least in my way, thanks_;" i.e., "Does she think I can see
through her parasol?"
"_Pray join us at lunch! Heaps of room in the carriage_;" i.e., "Hope
she doesn't! It only holds four, and we're six already."
"_Don't they call a hit to the left like that, a Drive?_" i.e.,
"Young-rich--good-looking--worth catching--looks as if he liked 'sweet
simplicity.'"
ELECTIONEERING.
"_Has at heart the best interests of the Borough_;" i.e., Means to
subscribe largely to all local clubs and charities.
"_The honour of representing you in Parliament_;" i.
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