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Originally Posted by Ray
Chinese members,
That does not come from a ''running dog's'' mouth, but right from the ''horse's mouth''.
Now, don't go thinking he is a horse, he continues to be a human being and quite good one at that too!!
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Dammit I said I wanted to be a running dog!
Or perhaps even a capitalist pig!
As far as a horse, I've been called a Horse's Ass (or arse, if you will) but I'm sure it was said only in the nicest possible way!
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Originally Posted by Ray
Those are phrases drummed into the mental chemistry so that they lull the people as they strike deep with the sword into you and ask you to thank them thereafter!
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A very Asian (by which I mean the so-called "Orient") way of beginning a conversation into perhaps a touchy subject. You approach it obliquely and politely.
According to that article I posted a little while back (wish I could find it), it drives returning Chinese student up the wall.