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Parading Posted 17 years ago
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The thing I can't understand about Spick and Span~
Hi~ I'm an ELF learner.
and today I learned the English word 'spick-and-span'.
I thought it means something is so clean that someone can slide and fall on it.
but when I was googling with that word, I found there are many sexual images.
what happened? I can't understand~ Is there any other meanings I don't know about?
I'm not kidding. so please be serious. Thank for reading and anwering~
and today I learned the English word 'spick-and-span'.
I thought it means something is so clean that someone can slide and fall on it.
but when I was googling with that word, I found there are many sexual images.
what happened? I can't understand~ Is there any other meanings I don't know about?
I'm not kidding. so please be serious. Thank for reading and anwering~
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The phrase 'spick-and-span' has no alternative sexual connotations in and of itself. I have no idea why one men's magazine in the 1950s chose the phrase for its name, but I can see no other 'questionable' uses of the phrase in the first few pages of my google of the idiom. Keep in mind that almost any English phrase (and this no doubt applies to all languages) can be used by those whose minds are set in that way.
- The phrase 'spick-and-span' has no alternative sexual connotations in and of itself.
- I have no idea why one men's magazine in the 1950s chose the phrase for its name, but I can see no other 'questionable' uses of the phrase in the first few pages of my google of the idiom.
- Keep in mind that almost any English phrase (and this no doubt applies to all languages) can be used by those whose minds are set in that way.
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The phrase 'spick-and-span' has no alternative sexual connotations in and of itself.
I have no idea why one men's magazine in the 1950s chose the phrase for its name, but I can see no other 'questionable' uses of the phrase in the first few pages of my google of the idiom.
Keep in mind that almost any English phrase (and this no doubt applies to all languages) can be used by t
I have no idea why one men's magazine in the 1950s chose the phrase for its name, but I can see no other 'questionable' uses of the phrase in the first few pages of my google of the idiom.
Keep in mind that almost any English phrase (and this no doubt applies to all languages) can be used by t
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