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Blue Herring wrote:
> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
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On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:19:38 +0300, Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
>Blue Herring wrote:
>> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
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> I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
It is an American sports idiom, Warp.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen napsal(a):
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:19:38 +0300, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
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>> Blue Herring wrote:
>>> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
>> I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
>
> It is an American sports idiom, Warp.
GIYF
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Warp wrote:
> Blue Herring wrote:
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>>I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
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> I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
I think may be a close variation to the military, 'step forward' or
'volunteer'.
But anyway it derives from the idea of a batter in baseball 'stepping
up' to 'homeplate' to take his/her turn 'at bat' and have the chance to
advance his/her team at the risk of 'stiking out' ignomiously.
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Well, I thought it was meant to be a step platter... ;-)
TC
"Blue Herring" <pov### [at] bherringcotsenet> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:48441b4e$1@news.povray.org...
> Jim Charter wrote:
>> Gawd I hate sports metaphors.
>>
>> Nothing obtuse here, just bad.
>>
>> (And I think I know where to find the fork.)
>
> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
>
> --
> -The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring
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Mike the Elder wrote:
> It's not a POV-Ray image, I know, but the idea popped into my head and my
> fundamental incapacity for self-restraint just kicked in.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mike C.
I was laughing for a solid five minutes when I saw this one :)
...Chambers
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