Hung with a new rope
Posted by ESC on November 26, 2010 at 12:04
In Reply to: Hung with a new rope posted by Bill on November 21, 2010 at 15:50:
: Anyone ever hear the phrase/know the origin of: "He's such a whiner that he'd complain even if you hung him with a new rope!"
There's been some discussion before. I don't think "we" came to a conclusion about the origin.
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