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Old 19-Nov-2004, 01:43
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Default Re: Dictionary of English Idioms

That's not the way I've heard 'cup of tea' used. The origins of 'swing a cat' refer to a whip called the cat of nine tails- sailors were whipped on the deck, because cabins were small and there wasn't enough room to swing a cat.
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