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Thread #124749   Message #2759944
Posted By: Penny S.
05-Nov-09 - 04:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Treacherous metaphors
Subject: RE: BS: Treacherous metaphors
Thanks Jim for opening my eyes to the meaning of "Finders keepers, losers weepers" as being meant to be heard in full, explaining to the finder that if they keep what they have found, they will cause someone else to weep. Not a licence to bully by theft.

Rather like "A place for everything and everything in its place" in which the second part cannot follow unless the first part is in place.

Penny