All the transition elements have 2 electrons in their outer shell (4th energy level). If one element has one more electron than another, it is because it has one more electron â¦ in its inner shell (third energy level).
The song is about having a hangover and wanting to shake it out. Speaking to XFM radio, Florence explained: I wanted to just shake something out, shake out these regrets, shake out these things that haunt you.
The modern use of the phrase always exists as part of the extended and fixed phrase âmore ... than you can shake a stick atâ, meaning an abundance, plenty. The phrase without the âmore thanâ element is rather older, but not by much. Shaking a stick at somebody, of course, is a threatening gesture, or at least one of defiance. So to say that you have shaken a stick at somebody is to suggest that person is an opponent, perhaps a worthy one.