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  1. 24-Feb-2010, 23:43 #1
    Hughgd70
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    Default Idiom-what is the origin

    What is the origin of "colder than a witch's ..............
  2. 26-Feb-2010, 03:21 #2
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    Default Re: Idiom-what is the origin

    A very cold witch.
  3. 26-Feb-2010, 19:19 #3
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    Default Re: Idiom-what is the origin

    If you search you will find a number of possible origins, but they all come down to the same thing - it is ******* cold, so cold that the mercury in the thermometer has frozen.
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