2009年3月16日 星期一

give sb an earful, nuthouse, Xanadu


Geithner Gets G-20 Earful About Need to Speed Reform
U.S. officials left the weekend finance ministers' summit under pressure by partner nations to fix the weak U.S. banking sector. (Statement)
Bloomberg Gets His Bill, and a Public Earful
For four hours, New Yorkers rendered a blunt verdict on the legislation that would allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to seek a third term.



The Last Shopping Mall? New Jersey Awaits Xanadu

By SEAN GREGORY / EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
Amid shopping-center closures across the country, the most expensive mall in U.S. history, New Jersey's Xanadu, plans to open its doors. Is it a shopping palace or a developers' nuthouse?




Xanadu忽必烈的上都

Between warring and distributing the wealth his grandfather Genghis Khan had won
, Kublai spent his summers in Xandu (better known now as Shangdu, or Xanadu)

nuthouse 
noun [C] OFFENSIVE

earful 
noun INFORMAL
give sb an earful to angrily complain to someone

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