"He thinks we need a miracle," Sticky said in a bleak
voice." "Well, optimism has never been his strong
suit," said Kate.
"Suit" -- is it pertain to playing cards?
"He thinks we need a miracle," Sticky said in a bleakI think you have an extra quote there!
voice." "Well, optimism has never been his strong
suit," said Kate.
I think you have an extra quote there!I retyped it manually.
I think `suit' there denotes general perseverence in anAccording to THE FREE DICTIONARY, this term may refer
effort, but the dict.org begs to differ:
either to card games or to a highly developed
characteristic/talent/skill. Dict.org says it may refer
to a person's best asset & uses neatness as an example.
The second alternative is more figurative... but I think
you were on the right track when you mentioned
perseverance WRT Alexander's citation.
No matter what talents an individual was born with, they
may be improved by hard work & perseverance.
We could also say neatness isn't a person's forte, using
the term as it's used in music to refer to strength (but
not necessarily to volume). :-)
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