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A Figure Of Speech. He/she Will Have To Hang By Their Own Tail.
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I heard this used the other day, I think for the first time, and it clearly means they'll have to look after themselves.
Is it a common phrase?
Is it a common phrase?
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It's a corruption of - Every Herring must habg by it's own gills (the way they are caught) Then when they are hung to smoke...hung by their tails or.... In the cottages, dried herrings are suspended by a rod passed through their tails.) "Every herring must hang by its own gill." — Eng. " Let ilka herrin hing by its ain head." — Scot....
13:08 Wed 20th Jul 2016
It's a corruption of - Every Herring must habg by it's own gills (the way they are caught)
Then when they are hung to smoke...hung by their tails or....
In the cottages, dried herrings are suspended by a rod passed through their tails.) "Every herring
must hang by its own gill." — Eng. " Let ilka herrin hing by its ain head." — Scot.
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Then when they are hung to smoke...hung by their tails or....
In the cottages, dried herrings are suspended by a rod passed through their tails.) "Every herring
must hang by its own gill." — Eng. " Let ilka herrin hing by its ain head." — Scot.
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