Hello Sonia
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Do you know the origin of the phrase "to pull out all the stops"? Is it
in
any way a marine metaphor?
I have to translate the following title in a hotel brochure:
All aboard a new resort that *pulls out all the stops*
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I believe this term comes from organ music, where to pull out all the
stops on an organ gives the maximum volume (or something like that).
Used metaphorically it means to spare no effort, to give it everything
you've got, to go for gold, to give the absolute maximum and not hold
back at all.
HTH
Jill
Jill Williams
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