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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Feb-08 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: How dead is a door nail?
Subject: RE: BS: How dead is a door nail?

"I can see when I see, surely; I don't carry my eyes in a handbasket." Crowne, Dramatic Works, 1873. OED

handbasket- "usu. used in the phrase ...'to hell in a handbasket,' denoting rapid and utter ruination." Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

(Posted recently in a similar thread- Mudcat seems to attract people who like odd phrases)