Not P but Moby-Dick (38)

[Perry Noid]

But now I'm confused

On Sun, Nov 5, 2023, 8:27 PM Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure if the meaning was different in Melville's time but in current
> American usage it means something serious or urgent needing attention
>
> On Sun, Nov 5, 2023, 8:17 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From Chapter 53:
>>
>> But the whale-boat has no seat astern, no sofa of that sort whatever, and
>> no tiller at all. High times indeed, if whaling captains were wheeled
>> about
>> the water on castors like gouty old aldermen in patent chairs.
>>
>> What does "High times" mean here? One translation confused it with "high
>> time", which seems clearly wrong.
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