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nursejudy:

No word in the English language rhymes with

month...

 

judy

A quick Google came up with this 'gem' (sic):

 

NIFOC by Betty Swollocks...

 

There was a young poet who had quite a lisp,

Every weekday of the month,

It wathn't hith friendth who had a problem with thith,

It wath all the other c**th...

 

[ 28. February 2003, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: Graham X ]

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Fishy Dom:

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Is there any like that, that rhyme with purple or silver though

A quick search on yeahright.co.uk revealed this classic (sic) from one of our least-known poetesses:

 

"Seriously Pants" by Arabella Hoof-Hearted...

 

A nursery rhyme went out to play,

Upon a hill of silver,

Who should it see, coming up the hill?

It was little Jack and Jillver...

 

So Jack and Jill did play thereon,

The sky was tinged with orange,

But Jack did have a tickly cough,

So in mouth, did pop a lozenge...

 

But choke he did, upon the pill,

His face was turning purple,

He belched a cloud of violet gas,

Henceforth known as "burple"...

 

"Let's all go home," Jill said to Jack,

"The clock it says 'Tick-Tock'..."

"And don't forget the timeless rule,

NIFOC NIFOC NIFOC..."

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Ferret1959:

Straight from the horses mouth.

Meaning

From the highest authority.

Origin

In horse racing circles tips on which horse is a likely winner circulate amongst punters. The most trusted authorities are considered to be those in closest touch with the recent form of the horse, i.e. stable lads, trainers etc. The notional 'from the horse's mouth' is supposed to indicate one step better than even that inner circle.

AFAIK this one is from the same source as "never look a gift horse in the mouth"

 

Horses teeth develop and wear in quite distinctive ways, it is easy to tell (roughly) how old a horse is by looking at the teeth.

 

You lot however are "beyond the pale" and I shan't tell you anything else.

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Beyond the pale.

Meaning

Unacceptable; outside agreed standards of decency.

Origin

The 'pale' derives from paling meaning fence. In the UK The Pale was the region of Dublin under English rule. There were also pales in other places, e.g. Russia. See also, 'below the salt'

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Never(don't)look a gift horse in the mouth.

Meaning

Don't be ungrateful when given something.

Origin

You can tell a horse's age by counting its teeth. Checking whether a present of a horse was old would be considered impolite.

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OK here is another for you all to have a stab at. Wht is the origin of the 'bitter end' as in to 'hang on to the bitter end'?

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1) As any able-bodied seaman can tell you, a turn of a line around a bitt, those wooden or iron posts sticking through a ship's deck, is called a bitter. Thus the last of the line secured to the bitts is known as the bitter end. Nautical usage has somewhat expanded the original definition in that today the end of any line, secured to bitts or not, is called a bitter end.

2) From the old Norse word "bitt" or beam. A pair of posts fixed on the deck of a ship for securing lines. "Bitter" became a term for a single turn of a cable around the bitts, which was usually the very end of the rope. It became applied to a situation when a person was at the last extremity or very end of his resources. A parallel definition comes from the end of a rope that sometimes hangs over the side of a ship and is closest to the ocean. It's very end is "salty" or "bitter" since it often trails in the water.

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None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

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Chesters

 

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Originally posted by Chesters1

 

As any able-bodied seaman can tell you, a turn of a line around a bitt, those wooden or iron posts sticking through a ship's deck, is called a bitter. Thus the last of the line secured to the bitts is known as the bitter end. Nautical usage has somewhat expanded the original definition in that today the end of any line, secured to bitts or not, is called a bitter end.


Spot on just about. Technically the bitter end is 'that part of a cable that is abaft the bitts', and is therefore inboard when riding at anchor. I am not so sure about 'Nautical usage has somewhat expanded the original definition in that today the end of any line, secured to bitts or not, is called a bitter end.' It wasn't when I was at sea, but then that was 17 years ago.

 

FYI bitts are called bollards when they are ashore, on a pier, quay, pontoon, but are always referred to as bitts when on a ship.

 

Here is another, what is the origin of 'show a leg'

 

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