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Blogs > helga_hansen > ♥♥ Mitt Hjerte - My Heart ♥♥

Tight as a duck  

helga_hansen 56F
2181 posts
5/7/2006 8:52 am

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7/3/2006 3:18 pm
Tight as a duck
In between bouts of lawn mowing, trimming of bushes (in the garden, people, in the garden!!) I've been reading a very interesting book on the origins of well-known words and phrases. I've always loved the English language. I can't tell you why, as it's not even my first language (well, in theory, I guess it is now). I've also noticed that non-English speakers are sometimes better at the language than those who use it every day. I suppose we get lazy, and just take our use of the language for granted.

Anyway, I digress...

My book is about etymythology and it covers the true origins of English words and phrases. The author also discusses common mis-spellings and misplaced phrasing of these words and phrases, and the book has proved an interested read so far. (For those of you who really aren't interested, the book is called Port Out, Starboard Home by Michael Quinion.)

Now, I can't tell you how or when this phrase popped into my head, it just did. And my book doesn't cover the origins of this phrase, which is a pity. So, I was wondering... where does the phrase Tight as a duck's arse come from?

Equally, I want to know... how did the person who coined the phrase know just how tight a duck's arse could be?

Love, hugs and kisses from ♥♥HH♥♥
rm_dutchpete 61M
562 posts
5/7/2006 12:38 pm

 ....as a hunter I know (I think) where it comes from:

A duck needs their bowels taken out asap to prevent it start to rot (after being shot, and many of the small riots enter through the bowels). And with a 'tight arse' this will be a hell of a job.


sexyblokeinlincs 61M
470 posts
5/7/2006 2:49 pm

 I like the sinking meaning - but I suspect the hunting meaning is closer to the truth - or could it be simply based on a duck's arse being very small - you can also say 'as tight as a gnat's chuff' for a smaller meaning.....

Reminds of that old joke 'why do Scotsmen have long thin wllies? - Because they're tight-fisted bastards...' (No offence to any Scots-people!)

Al


HotDev1l 52M
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5/7/2006 3:27 pm

 Ever tried to stuff a duck?


papyrina 58F
21123 posts
5/10/2006 5:21 am

 just leaving a hug

I'm a

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i'm here to stay


CelticFlower 57F

5/12/2006 2:12 am

 Hi Helga,
i have just had my weekly e-mail update from work and it contained the following link www.etymonline.com
You are so right about non native speakers knowing more about some parts of the English language than those of us who have it as a mother tongue.
CF
xx


racingcrazy67 57M
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5/12/2006 11:45 am

 Allegedly the phrase came about after a sexually frustrated farmer who normally had sex with cows had to use something else because of foot and mouth disease!


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