When I read an article in The Washington Post yesterday, I met a sentence which confused me: "Valerie Schönian was born on Sept. 25, 1990, a little shy of a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and eight days before Germany was formally unified."
What's the meaning of "a little shy of a year after..." ? Thanks.
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3‘A bit less than’ a year. – Lawrence Dec 22 '19 at 7:22
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Welcome to ELU. Google "a little shy of" and let us know what you found. Good Luck. – Kris Dec 22 '19 at 10:02
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Do read the FAQ here: english.stackexchange.com/help/asking – Kris Dec 22 '19 at 10:03
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1Does this answer your question? What does "to be a range of time shy of a date" mean? – Edwin Ashworth Dec 22 '19 at 13:25
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It means almost a year.
In fact the Berlin Wall was opened on November 9, 1989, so she was born ten and a half months later.
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1The combination of answering a LMGTFY query without evening googlingthatforthem is against the ELU ethos. – Edwin Ashworth Dec 22 '19 at 13:28
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