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Re: gird your loins

#13486 02/07/2001 5:01 AM

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Jakarta

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"Gird your loins" is nothing obscene... it admonishes one to prepare (mentally and emotionally) for a tough task at hand.
Yes, I know that's what it means, but why does it mean that? It's obviously a metaphor, but what is the original loin-girding that gave rise the metaphor?

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