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From the OUP: Is your score the greatest thing since sliced bread? Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. | ||
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Nope. I got "Hit a homerun." I missed the hard one about the mickle. Never heard of it, nor did Shu (I was planning to cheat!). | |||
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Six out of eight. Never heard of a mickle. I believe it's one-fifth of a smuarter. | ||
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Is mickle more of a UK word? | |||
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It's Scots and Northern England dialect. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. | |||
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mickle It's related to English much, in Middle English muchel, mickel, etc, and to Greek megas 'big, great'. —Ceci n'est pas un seing. | |||
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Also related to mahout and ptarmigan | |||
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