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"I heard the fur was flying at the office this morning."
Help me settle an argument guys. Please tell me what you understand by the <fur was flying> expression above.
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Yep. Means folks was fightin'
More 'n 'nuff said now.
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Merci mes choux but grrrrr the argument is not won yet, now he's saying that I didn`t ask whether it is a common expression or not. Is it in you neck of the woods?
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Very common down here, bel.
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Provenance - animals (with fur) fighting. Usage known here, but rarely used these days.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Certainly common enough here to be understood by pretty much anyone.
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Don't know, we don't fight in New York.
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Dear inselpeter: what you mean is that in New York everybody has been in so many fights they have no more fur to lose.
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they have not more fur to lose
Than whom?
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wwh says, "they have no more fur to lose."
inselpeter says, "'they have not more fur to lose' Than whom?"
Malaquote? Or surreptitious editing? What would the latter be called? A bonamisquote?
[tongue firmly in cheek emoticon]
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Now how did that happen?!
I guess you're right, wwh, we New Yorkers love to pick a fight.
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Very common in my youth. Don't hear it much anymore.
More's the pity ... it sure brings up an image, doesn't it!
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I've heard it in most of the places I've lived, in various ways. "Now the fur is really flying!" being most common for sideline commentary.
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You are all too precious and I thank you a bunch.
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En français, l'expression correspondante serait: "Ils (elles) étaient en train de se crêper le chignon" 
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Au Québec, we'd say...mettre de la broue dans son toupette.
Which is translated as "put foam in her bangs"; which sounds more comical than fur flying sounds agressive.
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"put foam in her bangs"this issue was addressed recently in "Something about Mary" 
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Dear belMarduk: is the French word "la broue" related to English word "brew" meaning beer,etc.?
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Broue is used only in French Québec (the proper word being mousse) and in no other French speaking country. I can only find it in my dictionary of Québec colloquialisms. The etymology is not included. I always assumed it was extrapolated from brouiller, which means mix up vigorously. As with most things that are mixed up vigorously, (egg whites for example), a foam is created. Brew, as a term for beer, is not commonly used by Québec Anglophones. I wonder if that term is a U.S. thing. And, one thing you do not what on your brew is a lot of broue. Fire THAT bartender 
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