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Thread #110040 Message #2304858
Posted By: katlaughing
02-Apr-08 - 04:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Skin the Cat' and other family sayings
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Skin the Cat' and other family sayings
Yuk, I am glad to say I don't remember ever hearing ANY references of violence to cats when I was growing up!
"Couldn't hit the broadside of a barn" comes to mind, as well as "blind as a bat," and "colder than the dickens," which I am sure was an edited version as my mother would have "gone on the warpath" if dad had said the real version, colder than a well-digger's ass" in front of us kids.
I wonder does "dickens" refer to the oft-freezing characters in his novels?