'Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently.' - Thomas Hardy - What does this mean?
Question #23490. Asked by Rolo.
KIWI IN OZ
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KIWI IN OZ 22 year member
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Incipient means in the beginning. So basically it means that nothing turns out to be as good as it looked at the beginning.
Oct 22 2002, 11:50 PM
Fosse4
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Fosse4
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Don't judge a book by looking at it's cover
Oct 23 2002, 5:26 PM
greencavalier
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greencavalier 22 year member
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KIWI IN OZ - Nothing turns out to be as it looked in the beginning - could be better could be worse. It promised to be a tedious day but turned out quite amusing after all.
