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Posted on 7/17/19 at 10:00 am to parrotdr
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there's more than one way to skin a cat
I think this saying refers to skinning catfish.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 10:06 am to Mr Reese
quote:
there's more than one way to skin a cat
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I think this saying refers to skinning catfish.
(insert "not sure if serious" meme)
Posted on 7/17/19 at 10:24 am to Mr Reese
It literally refers to skinning cats.
Remember, they used catgut and catmeat for several things back then.
You can make a slit around the neck and peel the skin back like that, or you can slit vertically down the abdomen and take the skin off like a coat if you are using the furs for clothing.
Remember, they used catgut and catmeat for several things back then.
You can make a slit around the neck and peel the skin back like that, or you can slit vertically down the abdomen and take the skin off like a coat if you are using the furs for clothing.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 11:37 am to slackster
quote:
Money can't buy happiness.
No no no.
You have to remember that modern English is a bastard child of old Norse, old French and old English, due to it being conquered by the Vikings, which led to a period of Anglo-Saxon rule, then French rule from the Normands starting with William the conqueror.
The original term for money was geld or gild (think gold, and gilded). Well back then, women were viewed as property. If the husband died before the wife and there was no male in close enough relation, the estate and all it’s valuables would revert to the king.
Therefore no matter how rich a woman may have been, she wasn’t a man, ergo.
“Gild cannae buy a penis”.
With the rise of the Anglo saxons, the letter H was brought into the English language from old Norse.
Over the years, the term gild was replaced with money,
“Money cannae buy a penis”
And then with the Normand invasion, the corruption of the phrase into French produced...
“Money can’t buy happiness.”
Everyone knows that money can buy you things to make you happy, but it can’t turn a woman into a man.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 11:42 am to Dandy Lion
Que rollo con el hoyo
Posted on 7/17/19 at 11:45 am to DustyDinkleman
" A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" meaning, take the for sure thing and don't gamble.
It's an excellent saying.
It's an excellent saying.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:04 pm to S
quote:
Que rollo con el hoyo
What roll with the hole?
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:07 pm to Dandy Lion
“7 ways to Sunday”
And any variation of that like “6 ways from Sunday” etc
And any variation of that like “6 ways from Sunday” etc
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:29 pm to fr33manator
quote:
“Money cannae buy a penis”
If this is real, Thank You!!
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:32 pm to CockHolliday
quote:
Can't have your cake and eat it too.
What the hell is the point of having a cake you can't eat?
If you EAT your cake, you don't HAVE it anymore.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:35 pm to TigerSprings
quote:
If this is real, Thank You!!
Any other phrases you might have questions about? There’s a podcast called Idioms and Idiots that’s very good that covers things like this.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 1:51 pm to TigerCoon
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If you EAT your cake, you don't HAVE it anymore.
So it's basically like saying "You can't have money and spend it too"? I still think it's pretty stupid
Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:05 pm to CockHolliday
Posted on 7/17/19 at 4:24 pm to Dandy Lion
One of My favorite Carlin routines George Carlin - Everyday expressions (that don't make sense)
LINK
LINK
Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:44 pm to fr33manator
Going to look into that. I do know about how Hocus Pocus came about.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:47 pm to Dandy Lion
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can’t fool me again.”
Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:52 pm to fr33manator
quote:
“Money cannae buy a penis”
Sure it can't
Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:53 pm to SECdragonmaster
I guess she was bun sensitive.
Some dogs exceed bun size
Some dogs are too small for a bun
Some dogs fit the bun perfectly
Maybe she was having a Goldilocks moment.
Probably was not a keeper anyway, everybody knows the correct answer is not hamburger or hot dog, but bacon.
Some dogs exceed bun size
Some dogs are too small for a bun
Some dogs fit the bun perfectly
Maybe she was having a Goldilocks moment.
Probably was not a keeper anyway, everybody knows the correct answer is not hamburger or hot dog, but bacon.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:55 pm to MiDixon Yermouth
quote:
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can’t fool me again.”
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