Boo

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Mon Mar 5 15:24:47 UTC 2001


Partridge shows "wouldn't say/cry bo/boo to a goose/battledore" = "wouldn't
speak [because of timidity, etc.]", from "ca. 1580".

Somewhere I've seen a variant like "wouldn't say peep to a pussycat".

-- Doug Wilson



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