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Bookmark or Share- What’s a non-vulgar alternative for “covering one’sCovering your backside, rear or other synonym for ass is widely understood. Even just covering yourself is an option. The basic phrase is rather mild really - only just vulgar but certainly informal. It's the informality that often means an alternative is needed. Again cover yourself (against...) is useful.
- orthography - "Real time", "real-time" or "realtime" - English Language ...Real-time, real time, or realtime may refer to: Real time (media), a narrative technique in which the events depicted take place entirely within the span of the depiction, and at the same rate. Real-time computing, the study of computer systems which are subject to a real-time constraint. This doesn't mean that "real time" is used for media, or ...
- Why do we say that one can "talk the hind legs off a donkey"?Donkeys (or "asses" or "jackasses" as they are called in other parts of the world) do not naturally sit down on their rear ends. In fact, it is an extraordinary achievement to get one to do it. "Talking the hind legs off a donkey" is a literal translation of the Gaelic, which actually means "making a donkey sit down on its rear end".
- "Left" and "right" are to "side" as "front" and "rear" are to what?People routinely talk about the "front end" and the "rear end" of a car. I've never heard someone say "the front side" of a car. Yes, a flat object like a painting or a sheet of paper is typically said to have a "front side" and a "rear side".
- What does one call the left and right sides of a building, in order to ...For many suburban houses the front and back/rear are understood to be the sides facing respectively towards or away from the street. The left and right sides, as OP noted, depend on viewpoint. For most people the viewpoint is from the street, but larger buildings may front several streets.
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