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Re: Common World Idioms

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Friday, February 6, 2004, 0:33
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:21:31 -0500, Ph. D. <phild@...> wrote:
> Yes, English is filled with these. > > George kicked the pail = George kicked the pail. > George kicked the bucket = George died. > > George bought the ranch = George bought the ranch. > George bought the farm = George died. > > I read somewhere that in Croatian, "George is smelling > the grass from the roots" = "George died."
Spose that's related to "pushing up daisies." *Muke! -- http://frath.net/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne http://kohath.livejournal.com/ Se imné koone'f metha http://kohath.deviantart.com/ Brissve mé kolé adâ.