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Old 08-19-2003, 12:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi,

In one of the dialogs the student says:

"Physics fits me to a T."

What does "T." refer to?

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Old 08-19-2003, 03:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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"to a T" is an idiom that means "perfectly." And "t" stands for "tittle," a word that means "small part," but is not in common use in SAE.
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Old 08-19-2003, 04:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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