make a better door than a window en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To obstruct someone's view, especially as a result of thoughtlessness.
She griped fetchingly at a clot of news workers who blocked her view. "You make a better door than a window, kid," she told one reporter.
1996 February 20, Francis X. Clines, “Judgments On Politics, Primaries, Pancakes”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Jul 2015:An advertising poster on a transit shelter makes a better door than a window, when trying to spot oncoming traffic.
2014 November 5, Jack Lakey, “Advertising poster blocks drivers' view”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 18 Jul 2015:“You're blocking the picture,” Maria says. . . . “You make a better door than a window.”
1986, Tony Ardizzone, The Evening News, →ISBN, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| made a better door than a window | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made a better door than a window | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| makes a better door than a window | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| making a better door than a window | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
when God closes a door he opens a window
Translations (5)
es no eres hijo del cristalero (Translations) · es la carne de burro no es transparente (Translations) · fr t’es pas transparent (Translations) · pt não és transparente (Translations) · fr ton père n’est pas vitrier (Translations)