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"One of the most marvellous things about Ryanair, though, is its sheer ingenuity: it always has a new trick up its sleeve to fox us old-timers."

in this sentence i cant undersatnd what is the meaning of sheer ingenuity? and "it always has a new trick up its sleeve to fox us old-timers."

erm...cus im asin but i study in the uk now, if anyone can answer me i will be glad of that!!

thanks

2006-12-24 04:26:03 · 3 answers · asked by YolandainManchester 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

3 answers

Roughly,
absolute, pure intelligence (sheer ingenuity)
a new way to trick us easily, who come from older times and have different habits/ways of thinking
(a new trick up its sleeve to fox us old-timers)

2006-12-26 02:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0 0

One of the most marvellous things about Ryanair is how clever it is at finding new ways to take advantage of (con) old people Naughty people!!

2006-12-28 01:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by MI5 4 · 0 0

the simplest way i can describe it:

Ryanair is brilliant at thinking up new ways of tricking us older customers

hope that helps

2006-12-26 09:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by Chris-ts9 1 · 0 0

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