In contract bridge, as well as a number of other card games, spades are the highest-ranking of the four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.) Thus a bid in spades outranks a bid in hearts. By extension beyond cards, "in spades" expresses a decisive, complete, no-doubt defeat. If I suffer a (real or imagined) injury from you, and I retaliate with disproportionate vigor, I have paid you back "in spades."
paid him in spades - In contract bridge, as well as a number of other card games, spades are the highest-ranking of the four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.) Thus a bid in spades outranks a bid in hearts. By extension beyond cards, "in spades" expresses a decisive, complete, no-doubt defeat. If I suffer a (real or imagined) injury from you, and I retaliate with disproportionate vigor, I have paid you back "in spades."
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A black spider. Not a Black Widow, since those are easily defined. Just one of those anonymous black spiders that probably have names, but only a professor who studies spiders would know them.
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A non sexual-version of the swinging spider.
A non sexual-version of the swinging spider.
by Gomerj84 January 17, 2010
Get the Spider Swing mug.A super hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and published by Marvel comics. He first appeared in the final edition of Amazing Fantasy, originally titled Amazing Adult Fantasy, in 1962.
The origin of Spider-Man has been told many times in comics, cartoons, TV shows and films. Broadly speaking it is the story of Peter Parker a nerdy teenager bitten by a radioactive spider. This encounter leaves Peter with spider like speed, strength and agility. Drunk on his new found power he goes in search of ways to make money and after a wrestling show fails to stop a burgler from stealing the gate takings at a show. This man goes on to kill his uncle. Realising that he could have stopped this Peter learns the hard way that "With great power, there must also come great responsibility". He vows never to allow anyone to be hurt by his inaction again.
The origin of Spider-Man has been told many times in comics, cartoons, TV shows and films. Broadly speaking it is the story of Peter Parker a nerdy teenager bitten by a radioactive spider. This encounter leaves Peter with spider like speed, strength and agility. Drunk on his new found power he goes in search of ways to make money and after a wrestling show fails to stop a burgler from stealing the gate takings at a show. This man goes on to kill his uncle. Realising that he could have stopped this Peter learns the hard way that "With great power, there must also come great responsibility". He vows never to allow anyone to be hurt by his inaction again.
Spider-Man has recently been the subject of 2 highly successful Hollywood movie and appears in a number of regular publications by Marvel comics.
by Iain Farrell May 24, 2005
Get the spider-man mug.Many mortals are familiar with The mighty Clock Spider, defeator of Limecat, who once was photographed behind a clock. Most mortals think that Clock Spider is the supreme Huntsman Spider Deity. Little do they know that another mighty Spider indeed exists and that the balance of power in the heavens is also underlined and influenced by...
THE CHEESY HOTEL PAINTING SPIDER.
With uncanny agility, the spider can flatten itself to the wall and scurry with such speed that the Earth's rotation speed at the equator increased by 0.1 Km/h to its current speed of 1,669.8 km/h.
Within minutes, global warming increased, icebergs begin to melt, and Al Gore's book sales increased by 23% causing riots in every major city in the world because if he was right about that, maybe he was also correct about Manbearpig.
Will Cheesy Hotel Painting Spider team up with Clock Spider to once and for all defeat Limecat?
Or... w Will Cheesy Hotel Painting Spider double cross Clock Spider and side with Limecat to defeat Closk Spider?
THE CHEESY HOTEL PAINTING SPIDER.
With uncanny agility, the spider can flatten itself to the wall and scurry with such speed that the Earth's rotation speed at the equator increased by 0.1 Km/h to its current speed of 1,669.8 km/h.
Within minutes, global warming increased, icebergs begin to melt, and Al Gore's book sales increased by 23% causing riots in every major city in the world because if he was right about that, maybe he was also correct about Manbearpig.
Will Cheesy Hotel Painting Spider team up with Clock Spider to once and for all defeat Limecat?
Or... w Will Cheesy Hotel Painting Spider double cross Clock Spider and side with Limecat to defeat Closk Spider?
The Cheesy Hotel Painting Spider is know to become violent upon hearing the catchphrase "But Wait There's More" on the Ronco Showtime Stainless Steel Stamped 20-Piece Knife set infomercial.
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