an angel passes
an angel passes phrase: used to denote an awkward pause.
Phrase
an angel passes
- Used to denote an awkward pause.
- There was a momentary silence. Mrs. Oliver said: "Is it twenty-to or twenty past? An angel passing . . . My feet aren't crossed—it must be a black angel!"1936, Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table, →ISBN, page 17
- As Case was picking up his beer, one of those strange instants of silence descended, as though a hundred unrelated conversations had simultaneously arrived at the same pause. […] Ratz grunted. “An angel passed.”1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 4
Forms of an angel passes
| alternative form | an angel passes by |
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Questions about an angel passes
- What does an angel passes mean?
- An angel passes means used to denote an awkward pause.
- What part of speech is an angel passes?
- An angel passes is a phrase.
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