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Thu 19 Apr, 2012 03:31 am
You know, poor old Cruikshank’s been trying his damnedest to get out of
that bloody Calcutta commission since Christmas, and Penderghast
won’t even hear his petition.Now he’s got himself lined up with a
nice girl from home apparently and is planning to ship her over and
march her up the aisle within the month. Poor girl! Bound to be
half-sharp.
@kkfengdao,
kkfengdao wrote:You know, poor old Cruikshank’s been trying his damnedest to get out of
that bloody Calcutta commission since Christmas, and Penderghast
won’t even hear his petition.Now he’s got himself lined up with a
nice girl from home apparently and is planning to ship her over and
march her up the aisle within the month. Poor girl! Bound to be
half-sharp.
I have
NEVER heard that expression of
"half-sharp" before.
If something is "half sharp" then, presumably
it is
not very good;
half-dull.
That expression is not known in America.
David
@OmSigDAVID,
I agree.
dim-witted
We have many ways of expressing mental acuity or the lack thereof.
Joe(♥)Nation
@Joe Nation,
Joe Nation wrote:I agree.
dim-witted
We have many ways of expressing mental acuity or the lack thereof.
Joe(♥)Nation
YES; it
IS taken to mean dim-witted,
but the context that was provided to us
does not support that conclusion.
David
@kkfengdao,
'Sharp as a marble' is a Foghorn Leghorn phrase for not being blessed with intelligent and wit. I'd assume it applies here.
Rap
@raprap,
OK; as long as
YOU r blessed with "intelligent and wit."
@OmSigDAVID,
In the Panhandle of Oklahoma, being called "About half-smart" is actually high praise.
In some rural English dialects "half sharp" means "stupid".
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
In some rural English dialects "half sharp" means "stupid".
given the context of the original post, that's how I'd read it.
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