Get over it. It's just an idiom.

Posted By: Silly English Language on 2009-05-07
In Reply to: that's exactly what the native people thought - devil's advocate

I used 'gypped' sometimes, without any malice towards gypsies, which this word traces back to.

Or the idiom, 'like nobody's business'. That popped out of my mouth one night at dinner with bunch of Germans & Austrians. They asked what that meant, and I had to admit I had no idea, really.

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How would you feel if... - Fed up
- Me also, 70% pay cut after 1 year...like it or leave it. - sadMT
- Start sending a flurry of resume emails - darlene
- 75 percent!!! This is shocking... how could you - survive on 25 percent of your pay?
- I hope you'll share the NAME OF THE COMPANY - with all of us! -- Topaz
- When you struck this deal, did you happen to - get it in writing? (sm)
  - In writing - Fed up
    - At-will employment and implied contract - TechSupport
      - how interesting, you are knowledgable in - darlene
    - I don't think you'll have a case at all. sm - Multi-MTSO MT
      - If that'sthe case, then she should 'out' them in - any way possible: newspaper, blog, Yelp, etc.
- another thought - older than dirt MT
- Indian giver? - devil's advocate
  - In the MT field, I associate the phrase "Indian- - giver" with the Eastern variety....
  - Re the term "Indian giver" - fatcat
  - Give me a break please!! - Victoria
    - Victoria - fatcat
    - Indian giver..... - sm
      - you should be offended - devil's advocate
        Please grow up! Making a mountain out of a - mole hill....... nm
        I thought it came from the old West, when - some tribes bred and sold horses - sm
        I have called my daughter that but she is - SallySue
        Wow - Fed up
        I'm with Victoria � don't worry about it. You meant no racist slur, and sm - LTMT
        Don't worry about it .... - Victoria
        that's exactly what the native people thought - devil's advocate
        Get over it. It's just an idiom. - Silly English Language
        Years ago and I do mean years ago - SallySue
        Exactly. People still say 'dumb animals', not - because they're dumb, but they don't speak.
        Actually it's the exact definition of it. - nm
        Oh Good God. It's an ancient phrase that - SM
        when you use the term "Indian".. - devil's advocate
        Devil's advocate - fatcat
        I'll be looking for those bell bottoms to end up on eBay! NM - AnnuderMT
        Indian giver - Fed up
        Indian Giver - Oldertimer
        Would you just go away? Dont you have a flag to burn somewhere? - This is getting old
  - thats what an Indian Giver is - CherokeeMT
- That is awful, but 75% of your pay? - Fingers
- change in rules - older than dirt MT
  - sure do.. - Fed up
    - If you only have 25% of your pay left, I hope - you've cut back do just 25% of the work you did
    - Fed Up - MT
      - yes.. - Fed up

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