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Recently i heard someone say .... as serious as dead man ..... [...] i have also heard the usage ...dead serious...what about this phrase?
I've never heard serious as a dead man before, but it's obviously a (very bad) play on dead serious (where, by the way, dead means not deceased but complete; absolute re "we sat in dead silence.")
Or was it, "as serious as dead, man?" Your post, tuhin, is ambiguous.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted As Serious As....... tuhin 12/13/05 11:35 AM Re: As Serious As....... Homo Loquens 12/13/05 11:42 AM Re: As Serious As....... consuelo 12/13/05 11:54 AM Re: As Serious As....... zmjezhd 12/13/05 12:57 PM Re: As Serious As....... maverick 12/13/05 12:10 PM Re: As Serious As....... inselpeter 12/13/05 06:29 PM I got a stylistic question for you, tuhin: AnnaStrophic 12/13/05 12:53 PM Re: As Serious As....... dalehileman 12/13/05 02:49 PM Re: dead man's handles maverick 12/14/05 02:12 AM Re: dead man's handles dalehileman 12/14/05 02:55 PM
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