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I am trying to get the meaning for the word vitriol from a dictionary. It gives this sentence as an example.
The vitriol he hurled at members of the press knew no bounds.
I understand the main parts of the sentence is 'The vitriol knew no bounds'. But how 'the vitriol' could 'knew' something? The subject for 'knew' should be a person. Am I getting it right?
I've never heard this phrase before, but what it sounds like the speaker is trying to say is that they've never before done whatever "it" refers to. For example if you said "The last time I did [x] was 2002," you'd be stating the last time you did it. "two thousand-never" (instead of "two thousand-two") seems to be a funny way of saying you've never done something. So I'd say the sentence probably has identical meaning if you just remove the "2000-" and say "The last time I did [x] was never."
Now note that this isn't grammatically correct; you can't actually say "The last time I did [x] was never." The correct thing to say would be "I have never done [x]". But the joke still stands, I think.
Once you connect the dots in sequential sequence in a dot-to-dot puzzle, the picture will be revealed.
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According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, "know no bounds" means: >
So, in short, "know no bounds" means to have no limits.