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提醒:The Globe and Mail - Neil Reynolds Columns
【标题】EU rules: Be successful, be punished
【摘要】weasel words are words that appear precise but which are, in fact, ambiguous. the metaphor derives from the capacity of weasels to devour the contents of an egg without hurting the shell. shakespeare cited this remarkable skill in as you like it: ''i can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs.'' novelist stewart chaplin described the metaphorical function of the phrase in a short story (''a stained-glass political platform'') in 1900: ''if you heft the egg afterward, it's light as ... (04-09 19:26)