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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: You can tell it's not 1998 on Audities when.. |
| Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:17:45 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Craig Leve"
<snapcracklepopster@...> wrote:
>
.
>
> As for the gift horse, I love finding out the reasons for popular
sayings.
> So here's the deal - historically, the most common way to quickly
check the
> health of a horse was to check it's teeth. So looking a gift horse
in the
> mouth suggests the socially ungraceful act of checking the teeth of
a horse
> which was given to you as a gift.
>
> Happy as a clam?
>
> -craig
>
>
I like finding where these sayings came from too. I have not idea on
this one. Combining the two, makes me wonder why this one never
caught on "Always look a gift clam in the mouth"
Seems like the thing to do...
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