Those things in human life can hardly be measured by a tape measure or a foot rule.
We claim that the assessment of a man's pension should not be entirely tied to the tape measure—to the length of the stump.
He painted a picture of parents wanting choices for their children and measuring the number of yards from a particular school with a tape measure.
To me, these brief quotations summarise the present sterling crisis and put the tape measure round it.
It reminds me of the story of the inefficient tailor who sought to make his suits less ill-fitting by not using a tape measure.
One cannot get any nourishment out of calories any more than one can get nourishment out of a tape measure.
Would it be the tape measure, would it be the height, would it be the avoirdupois?
To designate an action the child had to perform it or else point to or hold up one of the action props (tape measure or platform).
