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- synonyms - Differences between sledge, sleigh and sled - English . . .
A sledge is normally taken to mean ‘a carriage mounted upon runners instead of wheels, and generally used for travelling over snow or ice’ Sledge shares its etymology and meaning with sled, a form which the OED describes as being ‘chiefly dialect and US’ Sled does, however, have some meanings that sledge does not have They include
- expressions - swatting flies with a sledge hammer - English Language . . .
Swatting flies with a sledge hammer would be an example of overkill: 1: a destructive capacity greatly exceeding that required for a given target 2: an excess of something (such as a quantity or an action) beyond what is required or suitable for a particular purpose publicity overkill an overkill in weaponry
- Saying for using an overly powerful tool to fix a minor problem
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- Is it wrong to use sliding? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Sledding requires a sled (or as some responders have called it, a sledge I think "sledge" is British; I know Americans call it a sled ) I went sledding as a kid, in western Washington state What matters is not how deep the snow is, but how wet it is, and whether it is compacted or re-frozen so as to have a relatively hard surface
- To kill a fly with a. . . ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- idioms - To shoot out of cannon into sparrows - English Language . . .
Yeah, as an American, I don't think the idiom is lost translated as "To shoot sparrows with a cannon " We have almost identical idioms that generally involves a small creature (typically an insect, but sometimes birds) with some large weapon or device, so while it may be a new version of the expression to most readers, it won't be lost on them
- Bobsled versus Bobsleigh - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
On the NOAD, it gives Bobsled as the main term and Bobsleigh as "another term", like a synonym, but then there is only a Wikipedia article about Bobsleigh, not Bobsled (although they are both mentioned in the article)
- Getting on or off a horse-drawn carriage [closed]
The prefect of police, Colonel Dvorjetsky, who followed behind in a sledge, leaped out and seized the assassin, who drew and fired a revolver The Emperor [Alexander II] stepped down from the carriage, and at that moment a second bomb was cast, which exploded at his feet, the fragments breaking both his legs and penetrating his abdomen
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