you could cut glass with those nipples?
2006-08-31 06:32:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
come from?... sorry got a bit carried away there didn't i?
2006-08-31 06:33:36 · update #1
me..... happens all the time since I stopped breast feeding..... be careful lol
2006-08-31 06:36:04 · answer #1 · answered by xkitenx1982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's a modern day permutation of an old English saying. Knippers were in fact tools made to cut through chain mail in medieval times. As glass fabrication became more important, tools were neede to fit custom made pieces into the intricacies of the house of the aristocracy. Some brilliant guy found a pair of knippers that worked great and a new phrase came into being. Obviously, it is now a pun. Thanks for reading-I just made level 3.
2006-08-31 13:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by ponyboy 81 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glass cutters are traditionally made from diamond which scores the glass to make a small line which can be used to break the glass cleanly. So it is just saying that the nipples are as hard as diamonds.
2006-08-31 13:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by fearsome_gibbon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's supposed to mean that the nipples are as hard as diamonds, since that is what is usually used to cut glass.
As for origin -- no idea... although it may be just one of those folk sayings that don't even have a distinct origin.
2006-08-31 13:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by denand2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the movie ":Caddyshack", Darkangl says " you could cut glass with those nipples".
2006-08-31 13:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard that one. Heard of nipples like a JCB starter button or nipples like wheel nuts!
2006-08-31 15:50:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that a person is horny enough the nipples are so hard they can cut nipples!
2006-08-31 13:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by sliver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it refers to diamonds being able to cut glass...
2006-08-31 13:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by the thinker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oy gevalt!
2006-08-31 14:03:29 · answer #9 · answered by mala k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never ever heard it before, control yourself!
2006-08-31 13:34:33 · answer #10 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard that one.
2006-08-31 13:35:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋