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Hang you up by your toes

Posted by Karen on November 30, 2009 at 09:48

"I'll hang you up by your toes"

My mother used that phrase whenever she was angry at us for not doing something: Do this or I'll...

Where did this phrase come from? A friend thought it was British because she has read it in several British literature.

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