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4getmenot | 17:12 Mon 30th Oct 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Someone has just said they'll talk to me in a couple of shakes. What shakes?
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I think the full saying is from "Two shakes of a ducks tail" or "Ducks ditty" but I dont know where that comes from !!
17:31 Mon 30th Oct 2006
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I found this ref:
http://www.aowy95.dsl.pipex.com/Wodehouse/PGWb ooks/PGWcotw1.html
But thats the best I can do!
17:38 Mon 30th Oct 2006
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'A couple of shakes of a lamb's tail' is, in fact, much more commonly heard. Lambs' tails are constantly flicking about, so it doesn't take very long for two of them to happen...ie it just means very quickly.
18:25 Mon 30th Oct 2006
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If you see them with the salt and pepper this may be an attempt to spice up the conversation.

groan, hissss, boo . . . trick or treet!
21:27 Tue 31st Oct 2006

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