A lawyer and a doctor were on an extravagant fishing trip.
The lawyer said, "I am here because my house burned down and everything I owned was burned. The insurance company paid a mint for everything I lost."
"Now that’s quite a coincidence," said the doctor, "I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused and said, "Really? How do you start a flood?"
- under adv. Colloq. In the antipodes, esp. Australia.
- —adv. - into or towards a lower place, esp. To the ground (fall down).
- in a lower place or position (blinds were down).
- to or in a place regarded as lower, esp.: a southwards. B away from a major city or a university.
- a in or into a low or weaker position or condition (hit a man when he's down; down with a cold). B losing by (three goals down; £5 down). C (of a computer system) out of action.
- from an earlier to a later time (down to 1600).
- to a finer or thinner consistency or smaller amount or size (grind down; water down; boil down).
- cheaper (bread is down; shares are down).
- into a more settled state (calm down).
- in writing or recorded form (copy it down; down on tape; down to speak next). 10 paid or dealt with as a deposit or part (£5 down, £20 to pay; three down, six to go). 11 with the current or wind. 12 (of a crossword clue or answer) read vertically (five down). —prep. - downwards along, through, or into.
- from the top to the bottom of.
- along (walk down the road).
- at or in a lower part of (lives down the road). —attrib. Adj. - directed downwards (a down draught).
- from a capital or centre (down train; down platform). —v. Colloq. - knock or bring down.
- swallow. —n. - act of putting down.
- reverse of fortune (ups and downs).
- colloq.
- n. - open rolling land.
- (in pl.) Chalk uplands, esp. In s. England. [old english]
