Hang you up by your toes
Posted by James Briggs on December 02, 2009 at 11:40
In Reply to: Hang you up by your toes posted by Victoria S Dennis on November 30, 2009 at 19:45:
: : "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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: : Thank you
: I'm London born and bred, and I've never heard it before. (VSD)
Me too. I've also never heard of it. JB