flush » flesh

Chiefly in:   flesh against

Classification: English

Spotted in the wild:

  • The fiberglass fish he paints must be hollowed out and mounted flesh against the wall, he said. (Waterfront News, Aug. 2002)
  • One participant thought I should indent the text, so that the text is not flesh against the Web page border. (San Diego Beaches, SDSU, Aug. 12, 2004)
  • This version of Cerebro is, similar to the movie version, a big round room. The only difference is that it is more of a half-circle, with a computer console almost flesh against the wall opposite the door. (Genetic Anomaly forum, Feb. 28, 2005)

Analyzed or reported by:

See also flesh » flush.

| link | entered by Ben Zimmer, 2005/09/15 |

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