dear Dave pig in the middle-is from a children's game(dict of
idioms -wordsworth)in which ywo people throw a ball etc from one to another
and a third tries to intercept it-------------
cheers pig's ear patrick mc manus
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From: david.bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
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> line-breaks etc. My inclination is towards agnosticism in these matters,
> which gives me a delightful position of the proverbial pig-in-the-middle,
> btw, could anyone, wake up Robin, give me an explanation of the provenance
> of that phrase, such as why it is a pig, what it is doing in the middle
and
> of what is it in the middle?
>
> All the Best
>
> Dave
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> David Bircumshaw
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> Leicester, England
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