Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Lestrygonians/165


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Herring's blush     (proverbial) It would make a red herring blush is used proverbially to describe something very shameful. Bloom, however, is misusing the phrase to describe Davy Byrne's rosy cheeks.

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Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
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