[…] the round-up of all must be simultaneous - that's why it takes such a lot of bandobast.
to speak out of both sides of one's mouth, to talk out of both sides of one's mouth
‘I never went from my word that I know of, and times have changed since you last did a little executioning on your own account. I should not rest in my grave were you strung up for me,’ groaned the schoolmaster.
The baths were mostly tiled showers, with an endless variety of spouting mechanisms, but with one definitely non-Laodicean characteristic in common, a propensity, while in use, to turn instantly beastly hot or blindingly cold upon you, depending on whether your neighbor turned on his cold or his hot to deprive you of a necessary complement in the shower you had so carefully blended.
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