Ozgirl wrote:
> "KROM" > wrote in message
> ...
>> sorry ozgirl but "put it out of its misery" has always meant to kill
>> it here and I've heard it used in UK movies in the euthanize context.
>>
>> put "what does put it out of its misery mean?" into a Google search
>> bar and see the result.
>>
>> its very easy to take something a person says wrong..so lets be
>> careful when taking a idiom wrong in others because we will
>> eventually do it ourselves.
>>
>> KROM
>
> In my country an ass is not a butt. Should I take Americans literally
> when they say ass? I accept what Americans use in that context, can it
> be possible that Americans can accept different word/phrase usages
> from others? Especially when the context was there, i.e. followed by
> a list of possible ways to relieve said misery. Instead of a call of
> Ozgirl suggests I kill my cat! How about, Ozgirl, are you saying I
> should kill my cat? Nope, kangaroo trial instead. Tolerance for
> differences at its best, but yet... the phrase means more than just
> to kill even in America. Not my problem if people in here haven't
> experienced it. Not my problem that people refuse to check it into
> properly. Google: "define: put out of misery".
>
> "http://www.writersevents.com/Words_Starting_with_P/put_ones_foot_down_put_something_together/put_someone_or_something_out_of_their_misery_defin ition.html
> Idiom: put someone or something out of their misery
> To ****relieve them***** from their physical suffering or their mental
> anguish.
> To kill (an animal that is in great pain)." (American)
>
> "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/put-sb-out-of-their-misery
> to stop someone worrying, usually by giving them information that they
> have been waiting for" (British)
>
> "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/put+someone+out+of+his+or+her+misery
> Kill a wounded or suffering animal or person, as in When a horse
> breaks a leg, there is nothing to do but put it out of its misery .
> [Late 1700s]
>
> End someone's feeling of suspense, as in Tell them who won the
> tournament; put them out of their misery . [c. 1920] *******Both
> usages employ put out of in the sense of "extricate" or "free
> from."********" (American)
>
> http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put+out+of+misery
> Put (one) out of (one's) misery
> 1. Euph. Fig. to kill someone as an act of mercy. Why doesn't the
> doctor simply put her out of her misery? He took pills to put himself
> out of his misery.
> 2. Fig. to end a suspenseful situation for someone. Please, put me out
> of misery; what happened? I put her out of her misery and told her how
> the movie ended.
> See also: misery, out, put
> McGraw-Hill Dictionary of ****************American Idioms*************
> and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
>
> Anyone still want to tell me the phase ONLY means to euthanise?

I knew what you meant. But then I am sad and pathetic according to the
dogpilers. So most likely what I think means nothing. Right