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Difference between “Brown, Jones, and Robinson” and “Tom, Dick, and Harry”

Brown, Jones, and Robinson—(dated) used as a generic name for middle-class Englishmen: A verbatim report of the conversation of Brown, Jones, and Robinson would be uninteresting. Tom, Dick, and Harry—anybody at all; the average person: Thoreau’s great fault was disdain for men (for Tom, Dick, and Harry): inability to appreciate the average life—even the exceptional […]

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Difference between Bring something into question and Call something into question

bring something into question—raise the issue of smth.: My promotion brings into question the status of certain other members of staff. call something into question—(also: put something in question) express doubts about smth.: His moral standards have been called into question. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase call the question—used […]

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