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| Saying "to show the dog the rabbit" |
| Author: | Michael |
| Date: | Saturday, 23rd Jul 2005 17:42 |
| Views: | 4,573 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Language, Education, Arts and Events | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b32707 |
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Can anyone tell me the meaning and possibly the origin of the saying or colloquialism "to show the dog the rabbit"? I assume it means something like putting your cards on the table and has a dog racing or hunting provenance, but would value input from someone in the know! Web search has not produced anything useful.
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 | Saying "to show the dog the rabbit" | | Can anyone tell me the meaning and possibly the origin of the saying or colloquialism "to show the dog the ... |
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Michael |
23/07/05 17:42 |
32707 |
 | Re: Saying | | It does not appear to help in this instance but there is an interesting site for Phrases and derivations at ... |
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Andrew James |
28/07/05 10:55 |
32772 |
| | Re: Saying | | This refers to hunting, when dogs were and are still used to flush rabbits out of their warrens. If you ... |
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mark |
28/07/05 09:45 |
32766 |
| | Re: Saying | | Thanks Mark and to everyone else for your replies. |
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Michael |
31/07/05 12:01 |
32820 |
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Pete Barsby |
26/07/05 14:09 |
32738 |
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Sarah |
26/07/05 14:04 |
32737 |
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Helen Millar |
28/07/05 06:37 |
32761 |
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Tony Franks |
26/07/05 12:17 |
32734 |
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michael |
26/07/05 13:52 |
32736 |
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Frances |
25/07/05 11:37 |
32717 |
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Michael |
26/07/05 09:53 |
32728 |
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Stuart Cliffe |
24/07/05 11:04 |
32711 |
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