Was alowance made for this gentleman's legal expenses in patting forward this claim?
It seems to have been a very snug and smug affair in which everybody was patting everybody else on the back.
The letter then goes on with a little patting on the back.
Effectively, they are patting themselves on the back for the work they have done.
He is always patting himself on the back, a kind of exercise that no doubt contributes to his excellent physical condition.
He really behaved in his earlier observations as if he were patting them on the head.
It is no good our patting ourselves on the back for the 1,500 level, either, because that is only a slow starvation level.
They will be patting themselves on the back as we all go home at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
