to be in a brown study
- Fuente de la expresión
- THE FREE DICTIONARY
- Contexto
- « As they stood hesitating at a little distance, they saw that he sat for a few minutes at a time like one in a brown study, then laid aside his pipe and took a few turns in his garden, then approached the gate and looked towards the green, then took up his pipe again with a sigh, and sat down thoughtfully as before »
- Tipo de fuente
- webpage
- Autor
- Charles Dickens
- Título de la fuente
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Año
- 1841
- Web
- http://www.innovateus.net/innopedia/what-brown-study
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente