Colder than a welldigger's...

Posted by ESC on October 28, 2003

In Reply to: 'Colder than a gravediggers heart' posted by Barney on October 28, 2003

: : There are many occupations which steel the person because of unending exposure to tragedy and unhappy situations. This expression is perhaps less used today with digging machines but I wonder what the background of it might be...........?????????

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: 'Harder than a gravediggers heart', or is it 'Colder than a gravediggers heart'

"Colder than a welldigger's a**." But that's about temperature, not emotions.