"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:22:37 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>>> On 1/10/2012 7:25 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>>> No but if someone told me it had another meaning then for sure I
>>>> would
>>>> be not only checking but apologising
>>>
>>>
>>> and then there was the day Ratty started a.s.d.uk
>>>
>>> and someone spoke of a 'fanny pack'
>>>
>>> giggle
>>>
>>> i'll never forget THAT discussion, with NO ONE wanting to explain to
>>> the OP what was 'heard'
>>>
>>> countries divided by a common language
>>
>>Yet in this case it is not. Its a case of a few people not having
>>heard
>>the phrase in any way other than meaning to put down an animal. So
>>therefore it can't mean anything else.
>
>
> I am 70 years old and have read and spoken American English all my
> life. That is honestly the only way I have ever heard the expression
> used. But if you didn't mean it that way, and say that it is used
> differently where you come from, I believe you.

Its not just my word, I did provide concrete evidence that there are two
meanings to this idiom.
I prefer people not to take me at my word in a case like this and check
up themselves. If it meant only one thing it wouldn't be necessary to
give it two meanings.