Isn't there an expression that goes something along the lines
of:
"That puts the canary among the cats..."
Just wondering.
Best Regards, Erick
> George wrote:
>
> "I have never in my life encountered such a usage of
the word "bird."
> Perhaps there is an example out there, but it sure
as heck ain't in
> "common use.""
>
> I've been wondering about this myself. After a lot
of thought, the only
> example I could come up with was in the context of
"flipping the bird,"
> for giving someone the finger, which I guess is
phallic, but even that's
> a stretch.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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