How did this phrase ever catch on?
2006-09-05 10:30:54 · 14 answers · asked by Fox Paws 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes, I meant dead. Sorry..
2006-09-05 10:41:12 · update #1
Dunno but they will be in a world of pain when I get my hands on them.
2006-09-05 10:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually the phrase started out to be "not enough room to swing a cat" referering to the cat o nine tails a kind of whip. Its just changed over the years as so many phrases do.over time.
2006-09-05 17:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are supposed to swing a dead cat over your head at midnight on a full moon for good luck.
2006-09-05 17:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same people who beat dead horses.
2006-09-05 17:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some distant relatives of mine that I choose not to acknowledge.
2006-09-05 17:34:07 · answer #5 · answered by IthinkFramptonisstillahottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea but if I ever see them they will wish I didnt.....royalty or not!!!
2006-09-06 01:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by à®håñtøm?Még? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it never caught on with me....and they are the sociopaths and psychopaths of society.
2006-09-05 17:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by Kiss my Putt! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you mean "dead" and not "deat?"
2006-09-05 17:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by Skater_Gurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's just not cool
just say no
2006-09-05 17:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my brothers
2006-09-05 17:33:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋