OED?
Posted by Barney on March 29, 2002
In Reply to: OED? posted by Word Camel on March 29, 2002
: : This is driving me slightly insane, the phrase "I'll have your guts for garters" taken on face value is stomach churning! I would love to know where it came from and the meaning behind it-apart from the obvious!
: I almost hesitate to mention this because I know what R Berg goes through to bring us snippets of the OED. But I feel duty bound to mention that "Garter" was the word of the day on the OED site a few years ago. I believe it shed some light on this. Sadly I did not save it. I'd do it to save R Berg from having to type it all in.
: Camel
: Ps Maybe I could spend the rest of my life collecting the OED words of the day?
Here you are, a reference: "have someone's guts for garters (humorous): punish someone severely (used in a threat or warning of potential future punishment).
- Guts ESC 03/29/02
- Guts for garters R.
Berg 03/29/02
- Guts for garters Catriona
03/29/02
- Guts, Garters and Druids - not for the faint-hearted.
TheFallen 03/30/02
- Guts, Garters and Druids
- not for the faint-hearted. Barney 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted R. Berg 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Word Camel 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted TheFallen 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Ho Hum TheFallen 03/31/02
- "Formidable"? R.
Berg 03/31/02
- "Formidable"? Word Camel 04/01/02
- Ho Hum Barney 03/31/02
- "Formidable"? R.
Berg 03/31/02
- Not
for the faint-hearted JOSHVA 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Eric J 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Harry Enfield 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Eric J 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Ho Hum TheFallen 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Barney 03/31/02
- Not for the faint-hearted TheFallen 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted Word Camel 03/30/02
- Not for the faint-hearted R. Berg 03/30/02
- Guts, Garters and Druids
- not for the faint-hearted. Barney 03/30/02
- Guts, Garters and Druids - not for the faint-hearted.
TheFallen 03/30/02
- Guts for garters Catriona
03/29/02
- Guts for garters R.
Berg 03/29/02