Subj : their bid has been beaten into submission
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Jan 10 2020 18:05:03

On 10/01/2020 1:16 a.m., Alexander Koryagin : Dallas Hinton wrote:

Hello Alexander!

 AK>>> What a strange expression -- "their bid has been beaten into
 AK>>> submission". By the scientists themselves? I would understand
 AK>>> the phrase like "The robbers beat their victim into
 AK>>> submission", but this one...

 AK> When robbers beat their victim into submission they actually
 AK> become winners.

 AK> When scientists beat their bid into submission -- I would say
 AK> they gain what they wanted. The horse of the problem had been
 AK> trained.


But in this case the "robber" is the "ice", not the scientists. The
victim is the equipment.  The ice wins.  Equipment loses.

There is no evidence (in the citation) that the scientists did the
beating. It just says that their bid has been beaten (by the ice).

Just my guess.

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