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Mda_omega Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Pickled herring



I tried urban dictionary to find out what does "pickled herring" means but I don't think http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pickled%20herring is the suitable meaning. I'm confised. can you help me?
  

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It's a Scandinavian dish I believe, sold in jars as a snack food. I think the cartoon is just supposed to imply that the cat has bad breath.

— Delmobile

  • It's a Scandinavian dish I believe, sold in jars as a snack food.
  • I think the cartoon is just supposed to imply that the cat has bad breath.
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It's a Scandinavian dish I believe, sold in jars as a snack food. I think the cartoon is just supposed to imply that the cat has bad breath.
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thank you, but I need to know the meaning of "you were in pickled herring" the sentence, not meaning of the comic.

he said "IN pickled herring" I wanted to know why he used "IN" too.
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Oh! Sorry. That just means he was eating it. Eating them.

I saw a holiday card once that said something like "if a fat man in a red coat comes down your chimney Christmas Eve saying "ho ho ho"...it just means Uncle Morrie's been into the Mogen David again." Mogen David is a popular brand of sweet wine, drunk at Jewish holiday celebrations (I think) and the card was making a joking comp
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that's it. [Y] thank you.
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