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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dead man's handles #152044 12/14/2005 2:12 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 yeah, sorry Dale, I should have made my comment more explicit: I am also very familiar with the 'dead man walking' construction, but not with the 'as... as...' phrase using 'dead man'. There are also other such general constructions, notably to do with dead men on pirate's chests! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted As Serious As....... tuhin 12/13/2005 11:35 AM Re: As Serious As....... Homo Loquens 12/13/2005 11:42 AM Re: As Serious As....... consuelo 12/13/2005 11:54 AM Re: As Serious As....... zmjezhd 12/13/2005 12:57 PM Re: As Serious As....... maverick 12/13/2005 12:10 PM Re: As Serious As....... inselpeter 12/13/2005 6:29 PM I got a stylistic question for you, tuhin: AnnaStrophic 12/13/2005 12:53 PM Re: As Serious As....... dalehileman 12/13/2005 2:49 PM Re: dead man's handles maverick 12/14/2005 2:12 AM Re: dead man's handles dalehileman 12/14/2005 2:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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