“Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth, ” ran one popular Victorian maxim, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.
The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gaslights in their home while pretending nothing has changed in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions.
I then alluded to my idea that she might add to her small income by selling tea; and, to my surprise (for I had nearly given up the plan), my father grasped at it with all the energy of a tradesman.
This alludes to dropping into a location, spending as little time and money as possible, and then moving on to the next spot -- much as an elite military outfit might pass through a location unnoticed.
Alluding to this month's Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, termed the Festival of Lights, Israel's largest parent association wrote as a protest rally cry in early December: " We've come to expel darkness."
Plummer had known Spacey over the years, but Oooh-an audible shudder-I didn't know anything about that, he says, alluding cautiously to the allegations that Spacey sexually exploited or assaulted numerous underage men.