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[OM] Re: magic pixels; please pass the mustard

Subject: [OM] Re: magic pixels; please pass the mustard
From: Philippe Le Zuikomane <zuikomane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:19:22 -0500
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:

>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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