[Lexicog] animal metaphors

[Peter Kirk]

On 12/03/2004 12:33, fieldworks_support at sil.org wrote:

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> In German we say "he behaves like an elephant in a china-shop."
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> So, Fritz, what would it be like to behave like a Chinaman in an elephant
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> Steve White, Jaars language software support
> 704-843-6337, 1-800-215-7813
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If the elephants are white as Wayne suggests, we have a white elephant
stall, where the behaviour of a Chinese woman (let's not restrict this
to men, Steve) might be interesting to observe. Maybe John can share
some experience of that one.

But would a white elephant stall, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant, get a dictionary definition?

--
Peter Kirk
peter at qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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