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| Clichés. What Is The Logic Behind Them ? (Page 2/3) |
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Doug85GT
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MAY 27, 09:04 PM
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I mostly enjoy finding out the history and original meaning of these phrases. It is kind of funny when you look at insults. Most can be deconstructed mean insulting a person's intelligence, their smell, or their looks.
I recently saw a video that gave meaning to "death of a thousand cuts" or Lingchi. It is much more gruesome than I ever knew before. That is one phrase that I will never use again. It was a real execution method used in China. A person's body was disassembled piece-by-piece most of the time while they were still alive. It combines flaying with amputation. Some condemned people did not die until well past 1,000 cuts. The last one done in China was in 1905. That had some western observers and pictures taken. Do not look it up unless you want nightmares.
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Raydar
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MAY 31, 12:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Doug85GT:
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"death of a thousand cuts"
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I've also heard "death by a thousand paper cuts". Meaning that it stings like hell but is not lethal, until you acquire many, many of them - and experience the associated pain.
Not exactly the original scenario that you wrote of.
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OldGuyinaGT
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JUN 02, 04:29 PM
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I recently had to explain to my 29-year-old daughter what I meant when I said "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth". It comes from the fact that a horse's teeth can provide clues about its age and health. The saying has been generalized to mean "don't spend too much time examining the value of a gift received."
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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JUN 03, 01:23 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by OldGuyinaGT:
I recently had to explain to my 29-year-old daughter what I meant when I said "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth". It comes from the fact that a horse's teeth can provide clues about its age and health. The saying has been generalized to mean "don't spend too much time examining the value of a gift received." |
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Tell that to the people of Troy! 
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cliffw
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JUN 05, 03:54 PM
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cliffw
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JUN 07, 11:21 AM
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"Get your ducks in a row". An impossible task.
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Hank is Here
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JUN 09, 04:05 PM
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"Half dozen of one six dozen of another"
"It not like a rocket surgeon couldn't do it"
"don't re-invent the rock"
Yes I know! I love purposefully murdering these and rattle them off like they are intended to be said incorrectly.
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1985 Fiero GT
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JUN 09, 05:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Hank is Here:
"Half dozen of one six dozen of another"
"It not like a rocket surgeon couldn't do it"
"don't re-invent the rock"
Yes I know! I love purposefully murdering these and rattle them off like they are intended to be said incorrectly. |
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You had me pondering the first one for a good 30 seconds trying to remember how it is supposed to go before I read the rest haha.
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Valkrie9
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JUN 11, 11:29 AM
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' Life is what you Cake it ! '
The D-Spot.. Like G-Spot, but sweeter ! 
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cliffw
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JUN 11, 12:31 PM
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