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Re: Well heeled/round heeled?Posted by Ward on February 03, 2004 In Reply to: Re: Well heeled/round heeled? posted by ESC on February 03, 2004 : : : : : : : An Irishman described a neighbor with the above..... I didnt ask for a definition. Can you help? : : : : : : Round heels = promiscuous. : : : : : There was a biography published last year; : : : : Or maybe he said "well-heeled." : : : Which begs the question, why does well-heeled, imply well off or of a well-to-do background. Is there an implication that people with good shoes must be well off? : : : And is 'round heeled' the same thing? : : : I've never heard the term 'round heeled' before. Accompanied by the word 'lassie' suggests more Scottish than Irish to me. Have I got that wrong? : : I've never heard 'round heeled' before. 'Well heeled' implies that the person is able to afford to get his/her footwear repaired with new heels, before the shoes reach a point on no return. Thus, comfortably well off. : The first time I heard "round heeled" was a New York character in the movie "Norma Rae." He said something like, "What do I care if she has round heels." : Well-heeled and round-heeled are two different things. I was trying to be amusing. ::: It was appreciated as such. I have no comment on the round heeled part of this discussion, since I have no experience relevant to the topic, but I wanted to add another perspective to the well heeled subject. When one is down on their money and luck, they are said to be downtrodden, or down on their heels.
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