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02-19-2005, 06:19 AM
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Re: Communication Methods Discussion
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"to buy a pig in a poke", is to buy a pig in a bag without opening the bag. Old carnivals would sell cats in the bag instead of the pig, thus cheating the unwitting locals. To open the poke, or bag, was to discover that it was a cat and not a pig, or revealing the cheater's secret. The lesson is to look closely at all aspects of a situation so you don't get cheated by a fast talker.Another idiom is "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. T  Their paper airplane flew the best! Last edited by al_gy : 02-19-2005 at 06:33 AM. |
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02-19-2005, 08:20 AM
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Silent Hunter
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Re: Communication Methods Discussion
I am not sure what the point of that was either. No matter.
 Didn't hurt anyone. 
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