"Precisely, sir. Rem acu tetigisti."
"Rem ------?"
"Acu tetigisti, sir. A Latin expression. Literally it means 'You have touched the matter with a needle,' but a more idiomatic rendering would be - "
"Put my finger on the nub?"
"Exactly, sir."
"Yes, I get it now. You have clarified the situation. Getting right down to it, these two old buzzards have got to foregather in secret and require a hideout."
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
What's that? "Rem acu tetigisti."
Rem acu tetigisti. From Jeeves in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse. Conversation between Jeeves and Bertram Wooster.
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