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Hoa Thai Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Don't eat the daises

Hi,

I saw a post a few days earlier using the phrase "Don't eat the daises." All I can get out of the online information is that it is a title of a TV series and a movie adapted from a book. What does it REALLY mean? Does it mean "do not destroy what is nice/pleasant/happy" ? Is this only used in America?

Thanks,
Hoa Thai
  

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It's not a commonly used phrase. I seem to recall that in the original book, it was an example of the sort of thing you never think to tell your children not to do until they've already done it, becaue it never occurs to you that anyone would ever think of doing it.

— Khoff

  • It's not a commonly used phrase.
  • I seem to recall that in the original book, it was an example of the sort of thing you never think to tell your children not to do until they've already done it, becaue it never occurs to you that anyone would ever think of doing it.
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It's not a commonly used phrase. I seem to recall that in the original book, it was an example of the sort of thing you never think to tell your children not to do until they've already done it, becaue it never occurs to you that anyone would ever think of doing it.
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Wasn't it my post? I think CJ had written something about smelling the roses, so just to be funny, I wrote something about eating the daisies. It was a TV show -- or was it a movie? All I remember is that there was a big dog. But people over 40 in the US will probably remember the title. There's no hidden meeting.
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Dear Khoff and Grammar Geek,

Knowing the phrase is not popular and has no meaning attached to it, I now feel better!

I got into a habit of mine trying to break a heated debate by asking off-track / unrelated questions with hope that if somebody answers it, the heat would cool down. After a few times, I realized nobody replies and I was being mad at so I thought maybe I said som
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Grammar GeekWasn't it my post? I think CJ had written something about smelling the roses, so just to be funny, I wrote something about eating the daisies. It was a TV show -- or was it a movie? All I remember is that there was a big dog. But people over 40 in the US will probably remember the title. There's no hidden meeting.

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I IMDB'd it right after the post. But then I found a picture of the TV-series family, complete with the big dog. Apparently, the movie was a collection of her autobiographical sketches and is largely true.
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies is a best-selling collection of humorous essays by American humorist and playwright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Kerr. The essays do not have a plot or through-storyline, but the book sold so well it was later adapted into a
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