All 9 Uses of
gall
in
Gone with the Wind
- And to think that Rhett would have the gall to look a decent woman in the face after being with that creature!†
Chpt 2.13
- Without sugar or cream it was bitter as gall, for the sorghum used for "long sweetening" did little to improve the taste.†
Chpt 3.21
- And on top of it all, he had the consummate gall to stand here in the road and insult her with his infamous proposals.†
Chpt 3.23
- I know I've got gall asking for Miss Suellen now when I haven't a cent but—well, it's this way.†
Chpt 3.28
- I don't see how you have the gall to face me!" she cried.†
Chpt 4.36
- How have you the gall to face me?†
Chpt 4.36
- He had the gall—the—†
Chpt 4.37 *
- Somehow the bright beauty had gone from the April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall.†
Chpt 5.53
- You have the gall to stand there and boast to me, your wife, that—†
Chpt 5.54
Definition:
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(gall as in: had the gall to) boldness and rudeness to say or do things that are not acceptable to others