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Sep 17, 2011 · The eye of the storm is an idiomatic expression that means to be in the middle of a greatly argued or debated situation. It is commonly used to refer to any subject of much animated discussion/debate. That the "eye of a storm is a peaceful place" is a meteorological nicety. As a fact, it offers little solace in real life.
May 23, 2018 · The origin is from weather patterns. When a weather system moves in, the atmospheric pressure changes, and the wind direction, so there is a calm at the null point before everything reverses. When the change is small and benign, this is not noticeable. But when within the "eye" of a storm that is strengthening, it is remarkable. –
Nov 3, 2018 · You might find Flatbed Terminology useful. Apparently when a large coil is being transported on a truck, if the "eye" of the coil (either of the "open" ends) faces fowards or sideways (as opposed to upwards, "to the sky"), it's called a suicide coil (truck driver is more likely to end up getting killed if there's an accident and the coil breaks free of its strapping).
Actually the same NY-Times carries an article captioned “Toll rises amid Storm recovery” next to the video report, while showing pictures under the caption, “Hurricane Sandy Aftermath” in other corner, and, its co-ed columnist Paul Krugman wrote “Polls show overwhelming approval for Mr. Obama’s handling of the storm, and a ...
Nov 2, 2015 · In the speech after toasting at the dinner party hosted by President of the Republic of Korea subsequent to the Meeting of Three-country (China, Japan and Korea - in Alphabetic order) Leaders held in
May 18, 2015 · Doors often have a small hole with a fish-eye lens for security purposes. They are commonly called 'peepholes' but I'm sure I have come across a formal architectural term for this type of aperture, possibly Latin or Greek.
Jul 30, 2019 · To a 17th century eye this could look like the lining of a cloak showing at the edge of the dark outer material: if such a cloak were to be turned inside out the entire lining would show almost hiding the main fabric. The metaphor means that, although things may look gloomy, you can 'look on the bright side' and see the positives.
Jul 19, 2016 · Storm off vs storm out. Ask Question Asked 8 years, 2 months ago. Modified 8 years, 2 months ago.
Note to @Robusto: I think we can safely assume the relatively high number of view/votes on this Q owes more to the scatological/humorous implications of the title than to any genuine interest in the meaning or origin of the expression.
Oct 18, 2016 · A storm can come up, and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, you could get hurt. The idiomatic definition is that someone in such a situation just got unlucky and this proves that your assumption is wrong. Now, let's try to decompose it literally using an example of a cat wanting to take a nap.
