Day 2,039: court, hapless, pushover
Abandonment would court comparisons to Mr Biden and his hapless departure from Afghanistan. Mindful of comparisons with Taiwan, China might conclude he is a pushover.
Artwork of the day
The Garden Court
Edward_Burne_JonesDate:1890Style:RomanticismSeries:The Legend of Briar RoseGenre:genre painting
Word of the day
court: to try to please someone because you want them to join you: to try to get something, especially attention or support from other people:
hapless: unlucky and usually unhappy:
pushover: something that is easy to do or to win, or someone who is easily persuaded or influenced or defeated:
Quote of the day
“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
― Albert Einstein