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  1. 03-Dec-2007, 13:23 #1
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    Smile idioms?

    what does this mean; dad used to beat the hell out of us.
  2. 03-Dec-2007, 16:12 #2
    Clare James
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    Default Re: idioms?

    It means, 'Our father used to beat us very hard.'

    People used to think that if you hit a child the devil would go out of it and the child would be good. Horrible idea, but that's the idiom.
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