Showing posts with label pilot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pilot. Show all posts
Monday, 23 July 2012
Steamboat Willie
. . . he was cursing like a steamboat pilot with his toes in a mangle . . .
Flashman and the Tiger, p.308, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, pilot.
Monday, 16 April 2012
Like a Mississippi pilot
. . . and a slender, red-headed piece who drank like a Mississippi pilot, with no visible effect.
Flashman and the Tiger, p.187, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, drank.
Labels:
alcohol,
drink,
Mississippi,
pilot,
simile,
turn of phrase
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