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Oct 5, 2015 · whitecap. 2,79312440. Add a comment. 1 Answer. Sorted by: 2. I believe this sentence uses 'borrowed plumes' in its literal sense. A plume is a feather or arrangement of feathers used for decoration. A borrowed plume is a plume being worn by someone other than the bird that grew it.
When he came near them they soon discovered the cheat, and striding up to him pecked at him and plucked away his borrowed plumes. So the Jay could do no better than go back to the other Jays, who had watched his behaviour from a distance; but they were equally annoyed with him, and told him:
Dec 28, 2013 · When he came near them they soon discovered the cheat, and striding up to him pecked at him and plucked away his borrowed plumes. So the Jay could do no better than go back to the other Jays, who had watched his behaviour from a distance; but they were equally annoyed with him, and told him
BORROWED PLUMES * WHENEVER our generous poets give me a decent chance of borrowing, I will reprint these useful lines by Maud Wyman, about whom I can give no information: If I knew the box where the smiles were kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard 'Twould open, I know, for me. Then over the land and the sea ...
were moulting. He tied them all to his tail and strutted down towards the Peacocks. When he came near them they soon discovered the cheat, and striding up to him pecked at him and plucked away his borrowed plumes. So the Jay could do no better than go back to the other Jays, who had watched his behaviour from a distance; but they
Borrowed Plumes. 555. 27. What the arts are to the world of matter, literature is to world of mind. 28. Revenue is not the friction of a government, but rather motive power. 29. H'istory is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy. 30. The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history every nation is a canto, and every man a word.
Sep 24, 2007 · Borrowed plumes. Posted by Craig Rolinger on September 24, 2007. What is the meaning of the phrase "borrowed plumes"? Here is the sentence in which it is used: "There are no false colors, no borrowed plumes, no empty pretensions." Borrowed plumes Baceseras 24/September/07.
