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Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning. 'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.' 'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.' 'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.' 'When his castle in the air fell down, it burred him beneath the ruins.'

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Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning.




  • 'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.'



  • 'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.'





  • 'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.'





  • 'When his castle in the air fell down, it burred him beneath the ruins.'





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