| Aunt Sally Mar 28th 2013, 01:21 | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | #*'''2013''', Irish Examiner ''[http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/stakes-couldnt-be-higher-226290.html Stakes couldn't be higher]'' | | #*'''2013''', Irish Examiner ''[http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/stakes-couldnt-be-higher-226290.html Stakes couldn't be higher]'' | | | #*:The finance minister, a true '''Aunt Sally''' figure, was dispatched to Moscow in search of backing. | | #*:The finance minister, a true '''Aunt Sally''' figure, was dispatched to Moscow in search of backing. | | | + | | | | + | ====Usage notes==== | | | + | British ''aunt sally argument'' and ''aunt sally figure'' parallel the more widespread ''[[straw man]] argument'' and ''straw man figure''. |
Latest revision as of 01:21, 28 March 2013 [edit] English [edit] Proper noun Aunt Sally Wikipedia - A traditional game in which balls are thrown to break the pipe in the mouth of a figurine resembling an old woman.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- Mrs. Morel did not like the wakes. There were two sets of horses, one going by steam, one pulled round by a pony; three organs were grinding, and there came odd cracks of pistol-shots, fearful screeching of the cocoanut man's rattle, shouts of the Aunt Sally man, screeches from the peep-show lady.
- (idiomatic) A figure drawing criticism or ridicule; a straw man.
- 2008, The Economist, Manmohan Singh's burning ambition
- IN FOUR years as India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh has come to resemble a bearded and turbaned Aunt Sally.
- 2013, Irish Examiner Stakes couldn't be higher
- The finance minister, a true Aunt Sally figure, was dispatched to Moscow in search of backing.
[edit] Usage notes British aunt sally argument and aunt sally figure parallel the more widespread straw man argument and straw man figure.  |  |
