Cute. Sometimes is done to great comic effect. I still smile when I
picture Oliver Hardy in his most haughty manner saying, "You can lead
a horse to drink, but you can't make him water." Well, not quite the
same thing, but I love repeating it.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 31, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Philippe Le Zuikomane wrote:
>
> Metaphors can really be murder in a foreign language... I
> personally eschew them like plaque, er, avoid them like the plague.
>
> - Phil
>
> On 03:55, William Sommerwerck wrote:
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>> It should be "did not cut the mustard" or "did not pass muster".
>>
>> Why do people use such expressions when they haven't given one
>> microsecond's thought to what they're saying? Consider the recent
>> condensation of "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" to "The
>> proof is in the pudding." Don't use words and expressions unless you
>> know what they mean.
>
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