Hi, everyone,
Could someone please explain to me if the expression «here's how» can (or could one day) mean something like «here's to you»?
It's Charley Anderson, a character from Dos Passos' Big Money, who says it to his newly-wed wife, Gladys, on the train they have taken to go on honeymoon. Gladys had been showing how nervous she was, presumably because their first night was approaching:
«Charley drank off his glass and filled it up again. "Here's how, Glad, this is the life." When the porter had gone Charley asked her why she wouldn't drink.»
Thanks a lot.
Could someone please explain to me if the expression «here's how» can (or could one day) mean something like «here's to you»?
It's Charley Anderson, a character from Dos Passos' Big Money, who says it to his newly-wed wife, Gladys, on the train they have taken to go on honeymoon. Gladys had been showing how nervous she was, presumably because their first night was approaching:
«Charley drank off his glass and filled it up again. "Here's how, Glad, this is the life." When the porter had gone Charley asked her why she wouldn't drink.»
Thanks a lot.