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Wed 29 Sep, 2010 06:35 am
Eisenhower campaigned energetically for Nixon in those final days after the old lion nearly eliminated Jack's lead. Why do people describe President as an old lion?
@Nancy88,
An "old lion" is someone who was formerly at the top of the pack and might have lost a step, but is still formidible. I'm not sure why it is used here without more context.
@engineer,
This sentence appears in a text discussing the presidential elecion of 1960. At the beginning of the campain, President just offered lukewarm support. But at the last few weeks, he gave huge support to Nixon.
@Nancy88,
Quote:What means by 'the old lion'?
Without the auxiliary verb 'does', we ask in this fashion using the passive, Nancy.
What
is mean
t by 'the old lion'?
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