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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Paying through the teeth Zed #173777 02/21/2008 12:47 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: Zed Will it cost him an arm and a leg? Not sure, can't quite put my finger on it, but is there a term for sayings like paying through the nose, lying through the teeth, costing an arm and a leg, going over my head, keeping an eye on things, etc that use body parts as metaphors? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Paying through the teeth Hydra 02/13/2008 4:52 AM Re: Paying through the teeth tsuwm 02/13/2008 5:02 AM Re: Paying through the teeth tsuwm 02/13/2008 5:22 AM Re: Paying through the teeth Zed 02/13/2008 8:02 AM Re: Paying through the teeth Buffalo Shrdlu 02/13/2008 10:41 AM Re: Paying through the teeth zmjezhd 02/13/2008 11:54 AM Re: Paying through the teeth BranShea 02/13/2008 12:46 PM Re: Paying through the teeth Jackie 02/13/2008 2:58 PM Re: Paying through the teeth Hydra 02/13/2008 3:04 PM Re: Paying through the teeth Zed 02/14/2008 2:21 AM Re: Paying through the teeth The Pook 02/21/2008 12:47 AM Re: Paying through the teeth Hydra 02/13/2008 2:39 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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