Re: Common World Idioms
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 6, 2004, 0:33 |
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:21:31 -0500, Ph. D. <phild@...> wrote:
> Yes, English is filled with these.
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> George kicked the pail = George kicked the pail.
> George kicked the bucket = George died.
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> George bought the ranch = George bought the ranch.
> George bought the farm = George died.
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> 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!
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