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an angel passes en · X

Meanings

1. Used to denote an awkward pause.
   • As Case was picking up his beer, one of those strange instants of silence descended, as though a hundred unrelated conversations had simultaneously arrived at the same pause. […] Ratz grunted. “An angel passed.” 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 4:
   • There was a momentary silence. Mrs. Oliver said: "Is it twenty-to or twenty past? An angel passing . . . My feet aren't crossed—it must be a black angel!" 1936, Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table, →ISBN, page 17:

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Relateds

tumbleweed moment · crickets · pregnant pause

Translations (3)

da der gik en engel gennem stuen (used to denote an awkward pause) · ca ha passat un àngel (used to denote an awkward pause) · fr un ange passe (used to denote an awkward pause)