Metaphors: trivia

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:26 AM -0400 7/13/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>The one I've known for more than 30 years is "beat you like a redheaded
>stepchild."
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>Maybe we've discussed that one.
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>JL
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Yup, we've even discussed "beat someone like a rented redheaded stepmule"

LH

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>On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Beat like a mixed-race stepchild
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>>  Follow [one] like a reprimand in [one's] personnel file
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