[Vwoolf] Woolf bio.
Jeremy Hawthorn
jeremy.hawthorn at ntnu.no
Fri Sep 11 06:33:55 EDT 2015
Re "up to here." In my experience, in the past often accompanied by
placing the palm of the hand, horizonally and face down, just under the
chin. I suppose that this might indicate an origin: just able to keep
one's head above water.
The gesture seems much less used today than in my youth.
Jeremy H
Den 11.09.2015 12:29, skrev Shawn Maeder:
> It means the same to me in my American dialect.
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