point at issue



basis, bone of contention, burden, case, catechism, chapter, concern, demand, essence, feeler, gist, head, heading, inquiry, interrogation,

   eggcup - cup, goblet, mug, vessel ,

   sit bolt upright - arise, bristle, get up, jump up, ramp, rear, rise, sit up, stand up, stick up ,

   backbiter - cynic, debunker, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, muckraker, mudslinger, slanderer ,

   pick at - bug, carp, fault, fret, fuss, harass, hassle, henpeck, irritate, nag, nibble, niggle, peck, pester, pick,

   likely to - answerable for, apt to, calculated to, capable of, dependent on, disposed to, exposed to, given to, in danger of, incident to, inclined to, liable to, minded to, naked to, obliged to,

   in extremities - desperate, hard pressed, hard up, in extremis, pinched, straitened ,

   unfathomed deeps - bottomless pit, bowels, hell, nether world, outer space, underworld ,

   ellipsis - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, elision, epitome, foreshortening, pruning, recap,

   ring changes - chime, chink, clang, clank, clink, ding, diversify, dong, gong, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, ring, sound,

   flame - Casanova, Don Juan, Eros, Platonic love, Romeo, admiration, adoration, affection, agape, ardency, ardour, attachment, baby, backfire, bake,