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shades of someone or something Fig. reminders of someone or something; a thing that is reminiscent of someone or something. When I met Jim's mother, I thought "shades of Aunt Mary." "Shades of grade school," said Jack as the university lecturer rebuked him for being late. See also: shade Shades of somebody/something. something that you say when someone or something makes you think of another person or thing We visited the university campus and had a few drinks in the bar. Shades of my student days. See also: Shade shades of somebody/something this suggests memories of another person or thing The president's behavior suggests he has something to hide - shades of the Watergate scandal. Etymology: based on the meaning of shade (spirit of a dead person) used esp. in literature See also: shade 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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The Distinguished Naturalist made no immediate reply, but later, as in the shades of night they journeyed through the desolate vastness of the Great Lone Land, he broke the silence: Now, were these shades of green, belonging to tropical vegetation, kept up by a low dense atmosphere? However, my business is with the week's washing, which in various shades of white, with occasional patches of scarlet, fluttered fantastically across a space of the garden, thereby giving unmistakable witness to human inhabitants, male and female. |
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