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A boy, ten, helped out? That's totally unacceptable
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beyond the pale
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pale \Pale\, n. [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pole a stake, and 1st Pallet .] A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale ...
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prep.phr. 1 (&lit beyond pale) 2 (context idiomatic of a behaviour or person English) Outside the bounds of morality, acceptable behaviour or good judgement, etc.
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Beyond the Pale is a weekly radio program broadcast on WBAI New York which "explores cutting edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective". It is sponsored by Jews for Racial & ...
Usage examples of beyond the pale.
And even though Leng's attempts at artificially prolonging life were clearly beyond the pale, it was still possible he might unintentionally achieve other breakthroughs that would have beneficial effects.
Scotland had always been different from the rest of Europe in the way it looked at kinship, and while Niall's bastardy would normally have put him beyond the pale, in Scotland the crown had been up for grabs by the one who wielded the most power.
Harsh physical punishment was the norm in the empire as well as here, but before he was branded and thrust beyond the pale, the worst that had ever happened to him personally was a sound thrashing the day he was caught kissing the innkeeper's daughter, when he was twelve years old.
Whinney stayed just within the edge of bight from the fire where the meat was roasting, but as far away as she could from the carcasses waiting to be transported back to the earthlodge, and from the pile of scraps beyond the pale guarded by fire, from which snarls and yaps could be heard occasionally.
The corroded silhouettes of bomb-fractured buildings and burnt homes hovered in the distance like ghosts beyond the pale.
Although I have a deep mistrust of writers who produce trilogies (tetralogists are beyond the pale), I have done exactly that.