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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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put the biscuit in the basket.

what is the meaning of this sentence?

put the biscuit in the basket.
  

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There seems to be a conflation of two idioms: "Take the biscuit" = If something takes the biscuit, it is the absolute limit AND "Putting all your eggs in one basket" = Don't risk everything. Without context, it is difficult to say what is meant by "Put the biscuit in the basket".

— Feebs11

  • There seems to be a conflation of two idioms: "Take the biscuit" = If something takes the biscuit, it is the absolute limit AND "Putting all your eggs in one basket" = Don't risk everything.
  • Without context, it is difficult to say what is meant by "Put the biscuit in the basket".
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There seems to be a conflation of two idioms: "Take the biscuit" = If something takes the biscuit, it is the absolute limit AND "Putting all your eggs in one basket" = Don't risk everything.

Without context, it is difficult to say what is meant by "Put the biscuit in the basket".
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Feebs, do you mean "takes the biscuit" is an idiom in BrE? We have "takes the cake."

As in "If that explanation of where you were until 2 a.m. with lipstick on your collar doesn't just take the cake." Is it the same?
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Cool! Thanks! I learnede something new today. Emotion: smile
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It's the rationing, you see. We can only run to biscuits over here.
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But a biscuit is a cookie, right? What do you call what we call biscuits? Baking powder, flour, milk, kneaded and baked?
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Unimaginable luxury...
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LOL - Okay, go tend your victory garden, and I'll send you some buttermilk biscuits! Emotion: smile
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Wonderful! If you could slip in a couple of pairs of stockings and some cigarettes, it wouldn't go amiss...

(Must get back to icing my biscuit tin now.)
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The kind with the seams? I'm sure you'd look quite fetching in them. But aren't I suppose to send you some ****? Or is that too out of date?
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