On Sep 15, 5:11 pm, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > > I don't know why you have a bug up your ass about it, as the > > Americans say. > > I think most Americans say "wild hare up your ass". We do not, in fact, > say "wild hair up your ass". Many of us can testify that a hair up one's > ass would be nothing terribly unusual and would go completely unnoticed > under most circumstances. > > Also, some Americans erroneously say "hair's breath", and others think > they mean "hare's breath" (which might be tiny, but diffuses quickly to > theoretically infinite volume). In reality, however, they mean "hair's > breadth"--which is quite small indeed! For instance, a hair's breadth is > far smaller than a hare's breath (even at the exact moment of respiration). > > James
Funny... I have never heard any of those expressions. I guess I need to get out more. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
