Meaning of an idiom
0
Nerves fit for sliding panels or tapestry - I came across in Northanger Abbey. I can understand what it means, but would like to know why sliding
idioms
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
0
Nerves fit for sliding panels or tapestry - I came across in Northanger Abbey. I can understand what it means, but would like to know why sliding
idioms
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago
add a comment |
0
0
0
Nerves fit for sliding panels or tapestry - I came across in Northanger Abbey. I can understand what it means, but would like to know why sliding
idioms
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Nerves fit for sliding panels or tapestry - I came across in Northanger Abbey. I can understand what it means, but would like to know why sliding
idioms
idioms
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
asked 16 hours ago
T.N. GopalanT.N. Gopalan
1
1
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago
add a comment |
0
active
oldest
votes
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
draft saved
draft discarded
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f490202%2fmeaning-of-an-idiom%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
0
active
oldest
votes
0
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
draft saved
draft discarded
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
T.N. Gopalan is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
draft saved
draft discarded
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f490202%2fmeaning-of-an-idiom%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
It’s not an idiom, the speaker is making specific references to the furniture of the abbey. He thinks Catherine has a naive view of the nature of the building (romantic, unrealistic), and is inquiring whether she has the nerve to meet the reality head on. Which means the examples he’s picking — sliding panels and tapestry — somehow carry this terrifying nature. Sliding panels is easy: hidden doors to secret corridors, rooms, or cubbies, hiding who-knows-what secrets from centuries of intrigue. Tapestry throws me. Maybe they hide secret passages too, or simply that there is no heating.
– Dan Bron
11 hours ago
@DanBron Think of the tapestry hangings in castles and medieval and renaissance palaces. Secret doorways were often concealed behind tapestries. Tapestries are also referred to as Arras from the French city and assasins were often said to be "Hiding behind the Arras"
– BoldBen
10 hours ago