Originally Posted By: tsuwm
2) "Pipped"? Do you mean "mantled"?

yep; what *was I thinking?


huh? must be Americanese, I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

We use the idiom "pipped at the post" (from horse racing) to mean beaten (to or at something) at the last second. Is that what you meant? Is "mantled" a baseball term? As in Mickey Mantle or something?

Last edited by The Pook; 03/13/08 02:11 AM.