to be roly-poly
- Fuente de la expresión
- Gran Diccionario Oxford (inglés-español, español-inglés)
- Contexto
- "Whipsaw" features rapid-fire dialogue, a plethora of naughty words, chases, shoot-outs and astute observations: "The two homicide detectives assigned to the death couldn't have looked more different. Frank Kelton was a study in straight lines, mostly vertical. A tall man with a face full of furrows and creases, he wore a narrow black suit that made me think of undertakers. His partner, Lawrence Chin, was roly-poly and friendly, all parabolas and parentheses and pleasant smiles, a happy Buddha in a blue Brooks Brothers suit." Hear the sounds? Straight and tall f's, roly-poly b's. I love it.
- Tipo de fuente
- webpage
- Autor
- D. L. Barnett
- Título de la fuente
- Cooking up a hard-boiled murder mystery
- Año
- 2006
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com/Whipsaw-Steve-Brewer/dp/1890768707
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Raro