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SpongeBarb  +  186441 Fri, 20 Jan 06 07:54 PM

Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Is it originated from  the history of American Indians' scalping white people? 

Thanks.
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Clive  +  186453 Fri, 20 Jan 06 08:45 PM

Hi,

Does 'save one's skin' mean 'save one's life'? Yes.

Is it originated from  the history of American Indians' scalping white people? I don't know the origin, but I very much doubt that it comes from that.

Perhaps it originates from people having Botox injections? ha-ha!

Best wishes, Clive
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SpongeBarb  +  186552 Sat, 21 Jan 06 01:12 AM

"Perhaps it originates from people having Botox injections?"

Har har.(I learned this from the comic book Calvin And Hobbes- usually an answer to something you don't agree with.)
SpongeBarb
Clive  +  186779 Sat, 21 Jan 06 05:20 PM

Hi,

Yes. You can learn a lot from Calvin and Hobbes.

Clive
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