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What is the rebus indicated by comparison of the two lists below of inventory at BtB (Bad-the-Bunny)'s Arts & Orts Emporium?
Yesterday's Inventory:
barts
corts
dorts
larts
sorts
varts
zorts
Today's Inventory:
barts
corts
dorts
larts
varts
zorts
Yesterday's Inventory:
barts
corts
dorts
larts
sorts
varts
zorts
Today's Inventory:
barts
corts
dorts
larts
varts
zorts
Hint
Compare the two lists carefully. What's different between them? Think about that difference, and the time-frame, and you've got the rebus.Answer
Out of sorts(but could we interest you in some sarts?)
*out of sorts* is a colloquialism or idiom meaning *not feeling well* or *not in top form*, or (older definition), confused or discombobulated.
I located a couple of references that said the term originated in the printing trade although I've not been able to authenticate that. Probably another *word-origin myth*. Anyway, letterpress characters (metal or wooden or rubber) were sorted and kept in cubicles; one cubicle per character, font-style, and point-size. Unfiled ones were kept in the *out of sorts* box. Maybe.
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