But I guess since the mainland has lots
of people of Italian ancestry, Columbus Day would be a big deal. Even though it
wasn't such a banner day for the
natives already living here.
* banner
day: a day to be commemorated for positive reasons
ex> It was a banner day for my
son: his team won the championship and he got a perfect score in math.
Tell that to the hundreds of thousands
of people already living here! But wasn't it Amerigo Vespucci who actually, for lack of a better term, “discovered”
America?
* for
lack of a better term/word: because there isn't a more appropriate word
for what I’m speaking about
ex> For lack of a better term,
his cooking is awful.
It seems strange, then, that Columbus
only got a couple of cities named after him – not even a state, let alone the whole country.
* let
alone: to say nothing of; not to mention
ex> The man could barely string
together a complete sentence, let alone write a great novel.
Hmm… “The United States of Columbus” has a nice ring to it.
* have
a nice ring to: to have a nice sound when said out loud
ex> “Kristin Wood, millionaire,” has
a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Well, considering North American has
been inhabited for more than 20,000 years, that original name might be hard to come by.
* hard
to come by: rare; difficult to find
= out of reach; unattainable
ex> Classic cars from the 1930s are
becoming harder and harder to come by.
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