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curate's egg |
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curate's egg n something that has both good and bad parts [derived from a cartoon in Punch (November, 1895) in which a timid curate, who has been served a bad egg while breakfasting with his bishop, says that parts of the egg are excellent] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Held in the International Congress Centre (a hulking late 1970s megastructure which is in danger of becoming fashionable again -- AR June 1980), the UIA is a massive curate's egg with its Byzantine programme of forums, plenums, talks, resolutions, lectures, exhibitions and general architectural carryings on. Like the curate's egg, parts of this are very good: Witness the fine alliteration at the top of the second sentence, the excellent assonance in wheeled and steely. Overall, this is a curate's egg of a collection of essays. |
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