He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.
English dictionary. 2008.
begging bowl — noun A bowl carried by beggars, esp certain orders of monks, to receive food, money, etc (often figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * ˈbegging bowl 8 [begging bowl] noun a bowl held out by sb asking for food or money: ( … Useful english dictionary
begging bowl — begging .bowl n 1.) used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country ▪ Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government. 2.) a container which a beggar holds out to people for money … Dictionary of contemporary English
begging bowl — UK [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌbəʊl] / US [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌboʊl] noun [countable] Word forms begging bowl : singular begging bowl plural begging bowls a) a bowl carried by someone who is asking for food or money b) a request for money made by a country or an organization … English dictionary
begging bowl — beg|ging bowl [ begıŋ ,boul ] noun count a bowl carried by someone who is asking for food or money a. a request for money made by a country or an organization … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bowl — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, shallow ▪ empty, full ▪ ceramic, china, crystal, cut glass … Collocations dictionary
bowl — [[t]bo͟ʊl[/t]] ♦♦♦ bowls, bowling, bowled 1) N COUNT A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or … English dictionary
bowl — миска begging bowl миска для сбора пищи священниками в Азии … English-Russian travelling dictionary
begging — noun Begging is used before these nouns: ↑bowl … Collocations dictionary
beg|ging bowl — «BEHG ihng», 1. a bowl for collecting food, used especially by mendicant priests in countries of Asia: »Buddhist monks…paddled from house to house with their begging bowls (New York Times). 2. Figurative. a request or appeal for help: »We have… … Useful english dictionary
Taneda Santōka — was the pen name of a Japanese author and haiku poet. He is known for his free verse haiku . Life Santōka was born in a village on the southwestern tip of Honshū, Japan’s main island, to a wealthy land owning family. At the age of ten his mother… … Wikipedia
