| Word | dip your pen in gall |
|---|---|
| Description | write unpleasantly or spitefully. Gall is another word for bile, the bitter secretion of the liver. It is used in many places in the Bible as a metaphor for bitterness or affliction. dip your toe into something begin to do or test something cautiously The image here is of putting your toe briefly into water in order to check the temperature. write unpleasantly or spitefully. Gall is another word for bile, the bitter secretion of the liver. It is used in many places in the Bible as a metaphor for bitterness or affliction. dip your toe into something begin to do or test something cautiously The image here is of putti |
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