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Grant Barrett gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
Wed Jan 12 23:49:21 UTC 2005


On Jan 12, 2005, at 18:01, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
> uttered by our own Grant Barrett, 1/7/05, at the first WOTY discussion
> in Oakland:
>   ... put your balls on the table
> this is clearly based on "put one's cards on the table" 'be open,
> candid', but with an element of bravery and/or audacity associated with
> "balls" as in "have the balls to".

I would add in "balls on the line" as a contributor.

Grant Barrett



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