Dead Donkey Ears

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Tue Oct 10 12:25:53 UTC 2000


>Vladimir Tsourikov quotes Ilf & Petrov:

>"We've also got a vest's sleeves, the inside of a donut, and a dead
>donkey's ears. ..."

"Vest's sleeves" and "donut's inside" both = "nothing". Why is "dead
donkey's ears" included in the list? Don't dead donkeys have ears? Is it
supposed to mean "something without any value"?

-- Doug Wilson



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