One day Holmes and Watson are flying a dirigible balloon. It is foggy around, they have lost their way. Suddenly they see - a shepherd is grazing sheep below. The men are very glad and shout:
- The dear, tell us, please, where we are now?
- You are in the dirigible balloon.
- I understand... - Holmes says. - We are flying over Russia.
- But why? - Watson is surprised.
- It’s elementary, Buddy! Only a programmer could give such an exact and useless answer at the same time. And only in Russia programmers can look after sheep.
n. the real mccoy colloq. The real thing; the genuine article. [origin uncertain]
MEALS
on wheels n.pl. (usu. Treated as sing.) Regular voluntary esp. Lunch deliveries to old people, invalids, etc.
MEALY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 of, like, or containing meal.
- (of a complexion) pale. mealiness n.
MEANS
n.pl. - (often treated as sing.) Action, agent, device, or method producing a result (means of quick travel).
- a money resources (live beyond one's means). B wealth (man of means). by all means certainly. By means of by the agency etc. Of. By no means certainly not. [from *mean3]
- test —n. Inquiry into income as a basis for eligibility for state benefit etc. —v. (means-test) subject to or base on a means test.
MEANT
past and past part. Of *mean1.
MEANY
var. Of *meanie.
MEATY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 full of meat; fleshy.
- of or like meat.
- substantial, full of interest, satisfying. meatiness n.
MECCA
n. Place one aspires to visit. [mecca, muslim holy city in arabia]
MEDAL
n. Commemorative metal disc etc., esp. Awarded for military or sporting prowess. [latin: related to *metal]
MEDIA
n.pl. - pl. Of *medium.
- (usu. Prec. By the) mass communications (esp. Newspapers and broadcasting) regarded collectively.
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