=?UTF-8?B?UmnCqWFyZG8=?= <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote in
news:2_adnQ8QGoS1357InZ2dnUU7-e-dnZ2d@giganews.com:
> On 13/03/2015 19:53, Savageduck wrote:
>> On 2015-03-13 17:48:25 +0000, Ri�ardo said:
>>
>>> On 13/03/2015 16:35, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:05:41 +0000, Ri©ardo
>>>> <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 13/03/2015 15:39, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What a cracking shot that is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ri©ardo
>>>>
>>>> Cracking shot? I am not familiar with that expression, is that
>>>> good?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, very much an English expression, but it means "excellent"!
>>>
>>> "Cracking - If something is cracking, it means it is the best."
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, it is derived from the sound of a well hit
>> cricket ball when it makes contact with the bat.
>> Its use has expanded to cover an excellent result from a skilled or
>> artful action.
>>
>
> Yes, I'll drink to that.
>
>:-)
>
> Ri©ardo
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