Definition
(My keys are) on the top of (my desk): (My keys are) on, situated on (my desk)
I left my hat on the top of my car.
(I would like an ice cream with fresh cream) on top!: (I would like an ice cream with fresh cream) poured over it, on the upper-side of it!
- "Tuesday : Guess who was spotted cavorting with visibly drunk sherpas on the top of Mount Everest?"
- "Horatio : Yes, the computer is on the top of my desk."
- "However, parade-goers were horrified when Delavigne was thrown from his throne on top of the "Nose Float"."
- "Please, please please, please with a cherry on top!"
- "Bollocks is well known as a "splatter painter" or a "drip painter", which simply means that he stood on top of his canvases and threw the paint down onto them. Bollocks was an alcoholic, and often painted while drunk, as even novice museum-goers can guess."
- "Horatio : So, the hard disk is the hard drive on the desktop on the top of the desk with no dust!"
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