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Page 8 of 12 < 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > Go to page... Topic Options #13459 - 01/25/01 07:51 PM Re: body parts Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10232 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky so far no one has been tempted to be vulgar. Well, probably more than one person has, but so far here we have managed to pretty much avoid being crass. I would strongly prefer to keep it that way. Besides, subtle allusions are so much for fun! Top #13460 - 01/26/01 04:15 AM Re: body parts Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta In reply to: Whereas the French 'tête à tête' is closer to 'heart to heart' than 'head to head'. Hardly surprising people have trouble with foreign languages. While the Indonesian keras kepala means stubborn rather than the literal hard-headed. Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #13461 - 01/26/01 08:42 AM Re: body parts of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park do you also have a term for hard hearted? In my family, when we spoke of a hard hearted person, we would say, "so cold, butter wouldn't melt in their mouth!" _________________________ my other obsession Top #13462 - 01/26/01 09:28 AM Re: Politically Incorrect -body parts wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA How about "cold as a witch's teat?" wow Top #13463 - 01/26/01 10:48 AM Re: Politically Incorrect -body parts maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 "so cold, butter wouldn't melt in their mouth!" That's interesting Helen; I think I've only heard that in a context meaning 'so innocent that even the natural laws are suspended!' Any other takes on that one? Top #13464 - 01/26/01 10:55 AM Re: body parts Solamente, Doug. member Registered: 12/16/00 Posts: 130 Loc: Virginia <Has anyone mentioned having a "heart-to-heart" or going "head to head"?> Eureka! You've found a new seam! Going at it toe-to-toe, seeing eye-to-eye, fighting hand-to-hand (mano a mano?) or nose-to-nose, marching shoulder-to-shoulder, having back-to-back hits, dancing cheek-to-cheek. Any more? Top #13465 - 01/26/01 11:12 AM Re: body parts of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park bossum buddies! _________________________ my other obsession Top #13466 - 01/26/01 12:16 PM Re: body parts francais31415 member Registered: 01/15/01 Posts: 157 Now that's funny, my parents used to use the phrase "so sweet butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" - usually facetiously. (I'm not sure about the spelling there...) Top #13467 - 01/26/01 12:18 PM Re: body parts francais31415 member Registered: 01/15/01 Posts: 157 hand-in-hand, hand-in-glove Top #13468 - 01/26/01 02:10 PM Re: Politically Incorrect -body parts Bobyoungbalt veteran Registered: 11/22/00 Posts: 1289 Cold ... as a landlord's heart. (my mother's usage) as a stepmother's kiss. (my father's) Top Page 8 of 12 < 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > Go to page... Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187593 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 15 Guests and 28 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6596 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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