“I don't suppose you've ever had bocarones?” He returned her smile. “You'd be right.” “They're filletted anchovies pickled in vinegar, them and a plate of gueldes—you'd have had them here as whitebait, deep-fried herring fry […]"

Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.

“Let me see your passport,” said old Bill, “I mean your hand.” He was looking for the marks of toil. Alas, sometimes for a lily-handed parson!

Zero COVID is not going away any time soon in China, and neither will the disruptions to people's daily lives.