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Old 20-Feb-2007, 23:09
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Default Re: cut no ice

To 'cut no ice' means to have no influence. It relates to worn blades on ice skates that do not cut into the ice and therfore causes the wearer to lose grip on the ice. Blunt blades make no impression and therefore 'cut no ice'
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