"It's very apt to set him off with the same energy in a much worse direction," answered Fisher; "a pretty endless sort of direction,
a bottomless pit as deep as the bottomless well."
Although the boy had told me that it was but ten feet to the floor below I experienced the same thrills as though I were hanging above
a bottomless pit. Then I released my hold and dropped--four feet to a soft cushion of sand.
These papers are delivered to a set of artists, very dexterous in finding out the mysterious meanings of words, syllables, and letters: for instance, they can discover a close stool, to signify a privy council; a flock of geese, a senate; a lame dog, an invader; the plague, a standing army; a buzzard, a prime minister; the gout, a high priest; a gibbet, a secretary of state; a chamber pot, a committee of grandees; a sieve, a court lady; a broom, a revolution; a mouse-trap, an employment;
a bottomless pit, a treasury; a sink, a court; a cap and bells, a favourite; a broken reed, a court of justice; an empty tun, a general; a running sore, the administration.
The bay was like
a bottomless pit of intense light.
Into what
a bottomless pit has my lust after gold plunged me.
We all know the NHS isn't
a bottomless pit and can't afford everything for everyone, sans social revolution.
He said: "People need to understand in cases of this sort that benefits do not come from
a bottomless pit - they are there for the truly needy.
Far-reaching changes are needed to keep the National Health Service free at the point of delivery and this means users have to be more mindful of the way they use the service, and those who work in the service must realise that taxpayer-funding is not
a bottomless pit.
NURSING LEADERS have variously described Budget 2017, delivered last month, as "completely lacking in delivering primary health care funding", "lacking investment in the workforce" and "pouring money into
a bottomless pit".
At a time when the NHS has received record funding, we must all recognise that there is not
a bottomless pit of money and those working in the service must work smarter and those using the service must be more mindful of how they use the service.
While accepting that public funds are not
a bottomless pit, we were deeply touched by the plight of Anne Maclean-Chang.
He said: "I don't know if the general public thinks we are a government body receiving subsidies and able to pay our employees from
a bottomless pit of money.
Judge Geraint Walters told her at Caernarfon crown court that such cash didn't come from "
a bottomless pit" and was intended for the needy.
The penny finally dropped that I wasn't
a bottomless pit of cash and I had to work hard to earn money.
In most cases this includes repayment of the original sum, plus interest, but I feel once you start this process of borrowing, you are simply digging yourself into
a bottomless pit, as debt will always haunt you.