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Legs...

__ that never stop
__ all the way up to her ass
__ that just got off a horse
Million dollar ____ (not really worth that much anymore...)



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I don't understand the legs that just go off a horse expression. Is it a compliment?


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"Legs for days" is a nice one.


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I hope they stay on the horse ...

... or am I just shooting a dead one?

That would denote a bowlegged condition...not that there is anything wrong with that

My great Uncle said that (he would be "at least 100" by now)...not that there is anything wrong with that...


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Two left feet...
By the pricking of my thumbs....
All thumbs...
Harmed not a hair on her head...
I'm all ears...
Bass-ackwards... (for those who want to be risque not risky)
etc.

Fun thread!


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This could easily turn into a discussion of sayings related to animals - beating a dead horse, dog tired...


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I knew SOMEONE would answer with the more popular version of "beating" over "shooting" a dead horse ...thank you francais-pi. I'm just a horse whipped, horse laughing horse marine.



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And there's also a saying that originally made no sense to me: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."


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In reply to:

And there's also a saying that originally made no sense to me: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."


Gven the historical context f that quote, ought not one always look a gift horse in the mouth? To listen to that advice, as the good citizens of Troy discovered can be simply suicidal.



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Even a city girl like me knows about "looking a gift horse in the mouth"-- it related to "getting long in the tooth"

Grazing animals (like horses) have teeth that grow forward not up-- so as the get older, their teeth get longer-- at some point they stop growing-- and just wear down.

You don't look a gift horse in the mouth, since to do so it to learn how old (and guess) how much usefull life it has left. We don't get old-- but at some point we decide that its time to stop reading serial novels...

as of the trojains-- they had Casandra-- and ignored her-- and failed to beware of greeks bearing gifts. (poor casandra-- her life didn't improve much after the war, did it?)


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