On Thu, August 23, 2007 4:46 pm, Stut wrote: > Instruct ICC wrote: >>> Wow, that's for that egg-sucking lesson. I would think it was clear >>> from my answer that I know what a socket is. >> Sorry. You understood the concept but it wasn't clear to me that >> you >> understood about the socket. Save me a google search and define >> "egg-sucking", although I get your point. > > To "teach someone how to suck eggs" means to explain something to them > when they already know it. > http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=teach+someone+how+to+suck+eggs I always wondered where that phrase came from, and just how common is egg-sucking anyway? I mean, sure, I've eaten eggs. I've even eaten hard-boiled eggs, which can sometimes require sort of sucking them in. But, really, who sucks on an egg in the first place? I Googled and Wikipediad a bit and came up with a lot of un-sourced junk that's probably about as correct as some of today's posts on this list :-) Anybody happen to have this book: http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/PB-24584/Cassell's-Dictionary-of-Word-and-Phrase-Origins.htm whose blurb makes it seem like it might have the answer?... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
