Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h7J0CZ703117; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:12:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:12:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000101c365e6$88356530$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9275] Re: idioms X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 794 Lines: 18 There was a discussion on another list I'm on about "pig in a poke," and it turns out that a "poke" is a kind of bag or sack. So buying a pig in a poke means you can't really see the pig because it's hidden inside the sack. Not a good idea. (Then had a big discussion about the difference between "bag" and "sack," but that's another story.) The saying "Some respite to husbands the weather may send, But housewives' affairs have never an end" sounds like the one I learned as "Man works from dawn to setting sun, but woman's work is never done." Interesting that both of them rhyme and both have the same message, though phrased differently. Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start Oregon City, Oregon
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