On Jul 28, 11:15 am, Blue Sow <janet.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FCS wrote:
> > On Jul 17, 10:09 am, Blue Sow <janet.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> FCS wrote:
> >>> As a note on idiomatics the [...]
> >>> To Those Learning English: beware!
> >>> [...]
> >> All that followed was to be ignored.
>
> >> There were no double meanings in the extracts quoted.
>
> > Er, I never said the double meaning was
> > meant but that it would be a highly
> > inappropriate idiom to use in Britain.
>
> I did not mention the subject of intent.
> I stated as above 'There were no double meanings in the extracts
quoted'.
> Given that, it would not be an inappropriate idiom in Britain.
>
> >> Interesting how those who desire but are deprived see that which they
desire
> >> even where it does not exist.
>
> > Yes, like you see Freudian frameworks
> > where there are none. This reply being
> > a prime example.
>
> I am glad we agree at last. Not aspersions on your mental health then
(-:
> > You've never heard of beef curtains I
> > take it?
>
> You take it correctly.
I didn't coin it. But I have heard it.
Similarly, I have heard other allusions
such as: "never eat rotten meat" used of
females specifically (although in the
generic sense it's probably more widely
used of males--even so far as the body-
builder meat-head cliche recently recast
as The Himbo).
For the record:
I did not ask people to throw such idioms
in my face, btw, nor am I aware I explicitly
encouraged it. However I do refuse to not be
interested in any kind language use, one
way or another.
As far as context goes, all sorts of people
say all sorts of things to tappesterres and
especially as the night goes on.
> I have not heard (or read) that phrase until this moment.
> Neither has the on-line OED (as recommended elsewhere in this group).
Its usage has been informal in my experience
so far, yes. Although I may have seen it in
print, or something very similar, I could not
stand before a judge and state I definitely have.
And nor can I can provide a reference, IS*N or
other publication ID.
I have no idea how widespread it is either. It
was something I now have more information on
thanks to you guys (i.e., no one who posts here
had heard of it it seems).
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> Blue Sow
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