He said that, once, no home would have been complete without an aspidistra in the living room. |
He reeks with emetic language that can only make grown men long for a quietcorner, an aspidistra, a handkerchief and the old heave-ho. |
This was furnished only with a dark wood stand, topped by a substantial aspidistra. |
You might have thought that I was actually getting out of the lift to inspect the aspidistra in the hallway. |
Line vases with aspidistra leaf and focus attention on the flowers by hiding the stems. |
The proper pastoral response would have been to accept it and drink it happily, or pour it on the aspidistra. |