a thread that is moved between teeth to clean them * A toothbrush cleans the front and back of your teeth, but only dental floss can clean between teeth.
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade,—all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused riots at its 1913 premiere. These days, of course, music is only capable of causing angry YouTube comment threads.