Originally Posted By: BranShea
Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu
but it's still an expression, no? or is there some sort of Capital E Expression?
I thought 'an expression' meant this: A particular word or phrase: "an old Yankee expression . . . 'Stand up and be counted'" (Charles Kuralt). , but searching the vocabularies it seems to have a less limited meaning. I still think this 'soul catching up thing' is more than an urban legend and has a serious origin in old beliefs; an acceptable 'phenomenon'.


I think the "story" about it is a legend, but the phrase itself is an expression.

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