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Thread #35084   Message #477405
Posted By: Les from Hull
06-Jun-01 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: Strange expressions..
Subject: RE: Strange expressions..
The naval expression skin off my/your back refers to flogging. So 'that's no skin off my back' means 'I won't be flogged/punished for that'. The boxing idion seems right for nose.

When I was a little boy (oo, haven't you got a good memory, Les!) if I asked my grandma what she was baking, she would always say 'whim-whams for ducks to chase at!' I never heard that anywhere else.

Les