boardinghouse reach

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ability to reach a long distance across a table to get desired food.
    — He developed his boardinghouse reach in the oil fields.
  2. The act of reaching across a table to get desired food, often considered poor etiquette because it invades others' personal space.
    — Avoid the boardinghouse reach. Reach for something only within the invisible boundary that separates your personal space from the other diners'.

词形变化

boardinghouse reaches plural

词源

So called because the lodgers at a boardinghouse, dining at the same time, might have to reach past each other for dishes and condiments.
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