RED-HERRING and RED-LETTER DAY:

From Sampath’s Desk:

 

RED-HERRING and RED-LETTER DAY:

 

RED-HERRING:

 

Meaning:

 

Something deliberately misleading to divert your attention from the main subject – something irrelevant that confuses an issue – an opinion, idea, or subject that takes people’s attention away from the central point being considered – it is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question or issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion – an irrelevant or out-of-context clue to mislead people.

 

உண்மையைத் திரித்தி தவறாக புரிந்து கொள்ள செய்தல்.

  

 

Example sentences:

 

The Police investigated many clues, but they were all RED-HERRINGS.

 

The story trotted out by the speaker was a RED-HERRING only to divert public attention from the main issue in the campaign.

 

Whenever he got into any difficulty, he would pull a RED-HERRING across the track.

 

The author introduced a RED-HERRING into the plot to keep you guessing.

 

To be frank, I think this notion is nothing but a RED-HERRING that detracts from the problem at hand.

 

The issue that he has raised now is a RED-HERRING.

 

The arguments against mass computerization when it was introduced and implemented made by the Trade Unions were complete and gigantic RED-HERRING.

 

The Police Investigation Team was uncertain whether an address they came to know was really that of one of the suspects or just a RED-HERRING.

 

 

RED-LETTER DAY:

 

 

Meaning:

 

A day remembered as especially happy and significant - it is a day on which something very happy, important, special or exciting thing happened or is going to happen – a special day - a day of importance and significance – a memorable day like a birthday, anniversary day, or special to one – a  noteworthy day or occasion.

 

முக்கியமான, ஞாபகத்திற்குரிய அல்லது நினைவு கொள்ளத்தக்க நல்ல நாள்

 

Example sentences:

 

The day he first set foot in America was a RED-LETTER DAY.

 

August 3 was a RED-LETTER DAY for the Indian Hockey Team as it lifted the World Cup.

 

It was a real RED-LETTER DAY for him when his son came home.

 

In English, a RED-LETTER DAY means any lucky day.

 

My father said that the day I was born was a RED-LETTER DAY for him.

 

Upon receiving the award, he said the day would go down in his diary as a RED-LETTER DAY.

 

January 24, 1848, was a RED-LETTER DAY in California's history, and the news that transpired that day electrified the world.

 

My college graduation was a real RED-LETTER DAY for my whole family

 

 

Proverb:

 

நெடும் பகலுக்கும் அஸ்தமனம் உண்டு.

Even a long day has a sunset.

 

 

(R.SAMPATH)

22/2/2021