What's the meaning of "lick sb." in American English? I am reading an interview about Vincent Lawrence. When he was reminded that his "one, two, and three was nothing more than Aristotle's beginning, middle, and end. Lawrence said, 'who the hell was Aristotle, and who did he lick?' I always thought that was the perfect Philistinism." What's the meaning of "Who did Aristotle lick?"Hope someone could help me with it. Thanks!

I have questions about Pete Townshend(The Who). Could anyone please help me out? 1. What is the meaning of " Pete Townshend wrote versions of pop hits that he’d apparently misheard" in the following paragraph? Because the stereo was so thin-sounding I guess I learned to not listen to the bottom end in music, and I didn’t really get the point of the bass guitar until I was well into my twenties. For me it was all about the top-line and the song, and in the same sort of way that Pete Townshend wrote versions of pop hits that he’d apparently misheard, so I began to hear music through the distorting prism of my broken hi-fi and sieve out the bits that didn’t seem important. 2. "One day we were playing some dreadful plastic-punk offering, and his mum tore the record off the turntable and smashed it in a kind of Daily Mail rage." Does "plastic-punk offering" mean "fake punk genre record offered by someone else"? So his mum burst into rage like Daily Mail headline style? Thank you!

What does it mean by "string and spring flowers"? I'm reading a novel. And there's a sentence going like this: "a house that smelled of string and spring flowers". Could anyone help me with the meaning of "string and spring flowers"? Thank you.

What does it mean by "rejoining my 'Wise men' at Victory House"? I'm reading a letter by JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER to WINSTON CHURCHILL. And I don't understand the meaning of "wise men" and "victory house" in the first paragraph. Could anyone please give me some idea? The letters goes like this: My Dear Winston, I am here for a few days longer before rejoining my “Wise men” at Victory House— “The World forgetting, By the World forgot!” but some Headlines in the newspapers have utterly upset me! Terrible!! “The German Fleet to assist the Land operations in the Baltic.” “Landing the German Army South of Reval.” We are five times stronger at Sea than our enemies and here is a small Fleet that we could gobble up in a few minutes playing the great vital Sea part of landing an Army in the enemies’ rear and probably capturing the Russian Capital by Sea! This is “Holding the ring” with a vengeance! Are we really incapable of a big Enterprise?

What is "Bluo“？ I am reading a novel. This chapter is set in Australia, 1946. Here's the quotation: "She took in the faded paintwork, the calendar that marked only this or that agricultural show, the arrival of vets, buyers or grain salesmen, the dogs’ baskets with their filthy old blankets lined up round the range, and the packet of Bluo for the men’s shirts, spilling its grains on to the bleached work surface." I can't understand the latter part of the sentence. I guess the capitalized B indicates it is a brand or something? But by google, I didn't find anything related to the context. Hope someone could help me with it. Thanks a lot!

Who can help me with this sentence? I read it in a book: "We looked down on people who called her Jackie O—they did not understand Jackie Kennedy, the Profile in Cleavage, the most bouviesscent of all American Catholic girls." What is the meaning of "the Profile in Cleavage" and "bouviesscent"? Thank you very much!Jackie Kennedy's original name is "Jacqueline Lee Bouvier", maybe some connection between "Bouvier" and "bouviesscent"?

Can anyone understand Pidgin English? What's the meaning of this sentence? "Bipo mi kam singaut na yu no i stap. Yu go we?" Who can help me to translate it into normal English... Thanks a lot!

What's the meaning of this sentence? "Ja rozmawiam po Polsku i ty mnie nie rozumisz." Can anybody translate it into English? Thanks a lot!

What's the meaning of this sentence? "She had learned that there was no point hanging around near the desserts waiting for them to run out of gas." Here, "them" are two annoying men. She was just waiting for them to stop talking. But what does "near the desserts" refer to?? Thanks a lot!"them" are two obese guys. Does "dessert" have the meaning of "overweight person" or something like that? just a guess. still don't understand:(the woman is a waitress still waiting to take their order. so i don't know why there suddently appears the desserts... anyway, i really appreciate your answers. if you have any further suggestions, plz tell me. Thank you!