Примеры употребления для x marks the spot
1. We‘re using Bluebeard‘s map of nearby Mosquito Island (a "parchment" document discovered, amazingly, in our kitchen and now safely wrapped in a plastic sandwich bag.) On it, of course, "X" marks the spot where the fabulous treasure was buried.
2. Running his finger down the tissue–fine pages of his Bible (as indispensible to Brown as a BlackBerry to a conventional businessman), he stops at Genesis 4': 25, 26 and reads aloud about "the Almighty who shall bless thee with the blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under...." "In other words," he interprets, "oil." And he reads: "They shall be on the head of Joseph." Flipping forward to Deuteronomy 33:24, Brown continues: "And of Asher he said, Be Asher blessed above his sons; let him be acceptable to his Brethren and let him dip his foot in oil." He looks up, triumphantly: "You see?" Even if these "blessings of the deep" do mean oil, where‘s the "X marks the spot"? Easy, says Brown, pointing to a map of the ancient "Twelve Tribes" of Israel.