wait for the hue and cry to drag me from the newsroom
Hi!
What does the phrase "wait for the hue and cry to drag me from the newsroom" mean? The phrase is used in the last sentence of the BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41178903
It seems clear from the context that the author says "till I work as a journalist", but this is just my guess.
Thanks!
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Your understanding of the idiom and the sentence as a whole is correct, but the wording of your paraphrase is isn't.
'Till' or ( or 'til or until) is the wrong conjunction : it makes no sense to say "Till I work as a journalist", because the writer IS clearly working as a journalist. Can you think of how to rephrase your sentence so that it reflects what the writer wanted to say?
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HUE AND CRY is an idiom that refers to a public outcry for the arrest of a known criminal. In this case, the writer is saying that journalists are also guilty of causing fear of crime, so "until the public demands that I be dragged out of the newsroom for inciting fear..."
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Thank you! It helps :)
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/hue-and-cry
I hope it helps
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