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05/27/10 22:06
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#176248 - "making donkey out of a mosquito"
Responding to: ???'s previous message
In English it sounds ricidulous but it uses the phonetical similarity of the two "animals" (robit somara z komara) (pretending that a tiny unimportant thing like a mosquito is a big and important one like a donkey) (donkeys used to be of a significant value back than... ;-) )

JW


List of 11 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Tempest in a teapot            01/01/70 00:00      
   British            01/01/70 00:00      
      In Marathi...            01/01/70 00:00      
         that's nice :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
   Argentina            01/01/70 00:00      
      "making donkey out of a mosquito"            01/01/70 00:00      
         A donkey?            01/01/70 00:00      
            As a poor country, we don't have elephants in Slovakia...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Oh certainly            01/01/70 00:00      
   BG            01/01/70 00:00      
   Brazilian portuguese            01/01/70 00:00      

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