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Thread #134081 Message #3048347
Posted By: JohnInKansas
07-Dec-10 - 05:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Contradictory proverbs
Subject: RE: BS: Contradictory proverbs
'The bigger they are the harder they fall' ...
In my area that would be considered a misquoting.
Here, it's usually The bigger they are the harder they HIT.
Reflection on the difference may discover some link to the idiotic obsession with "American footbal," but I believe "our" version first came from a rather old (40s or 50s?) movie.
John