I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.

Coordinate term: antiproverb

Let the electrician know at the outset that you are keeping a snagging list. Then, if you spot, for example, a number of crooked sockets, some badly fitted covers, fittings that should really have been better placed, pendant lights that are& obviously too low, a chipped switch or a light that doesn't always work you switch it on, you have a couple of choices.

I may be the lion, the dominant male, only because I am the only male in this relationship admittedly, but lying is not part of my nature. Men may be deceivers ever as Ophelia put it so sexistly, but I will not tell a deliberate lie.