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Originally Posted by Yapyap
I do have to wonder just what book he read, seeing as the phrase is used exactly once in my copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, searching by "stretch". ("He was in a very good mood until lunch-time, when he thought he’d stretch his legs and walk across the road to buy himself a bun from the baker’s opposite.")
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I have the US eBook and I searched for the word legs. I found the phrase "stretch his legs" just once. Harold Bloom is an idiot (IMHO). He's marking off when something occurs in a book that's not actually in the book.