Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 24, 1973
August 23, 1973
August 25, 1973
Transcript:
Charlie Brown sits next to Sally and says, "School starts in two weeks . . ."<BR><BR> Sally says, "I thought I had already learned everything there was to know . . ." Charlie Brown says, "Hardly."<BR><BR> Sally asks, "Is it possible for me to learn everything there is to know?" Charlie Brown replies, "Hardly."<BR><BR> Sally stands and asks, "How come I always get caught in the middle?"<BR><BR>
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Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn moremid·dle/ˈmid(ə)l/nounnoun: middle; plural noun: point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something.“she stood alone in the middle of the street”the point at or around the center of a process or activity, period of time, etc.“we were married in the middle of December”Similar:centermeanmedianmid pointhalfway pointdead centerfocal pointfocushubnucleusmidsteyeheartcorekernelbosominteriordepthsthickbullseyeOpposite:outsidecircumferenceINFORMALa person’s waist or waist and stomach.“he had a towel around his middle”Similar:midriffwaistwaistlinebellygutstomachpaunchpot bellybeer bellytummytumpotbread basket2.GRAMMARthe form or voice of a verb expressing reflexive or reciprocal action, or a passive sense for a transitive or intransitive verb.3.LOGICshort for middle term.adjectiveadjective: an equal distance from the extremities of something; central.“the early and middle part of life”Similar:centralmidmeanmediummedialmedianmidwayhalfwayequidistantmesial(of a member of a group, series, or sequence) so placed as to have the same number of members on each side.“the woman was in her middle forties”intermediate in rank, quality, or ability.“there is a dearth of talent at the middle level”Similar:intermediateintermedialintermediaryinnerinside(of a language) of the period between the old and modern forms.“Middle High German”2.GRAMMARdenoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, which expresses reciprocal or reflexive action.denoting a transitive or intransitive verb in English with a passive sense, e.g., cuts in this meat cuts well.