parading  +  952103 Sun, 25 Oct 09 03:28 AM Hi~ I'm an ELF learner. and today I learned the English word 'spick-and-span'. I thought it means something is so clean that someone can slide and fall on it. but when I was googling with that word, I found there are many sexual images. what happened? I can't understand~ Is there any other meanings I don't know about? I'm not kidding. so please be serious. Thank for reading and anwering~ parading Joined on Sun, Feb 8 2009 New Member 48 Images, Countries

	Mister Micawber  +  952142 Sun, 25 Oct 09 04:16 AM The phrase 'spick-and-span' has no alternative sexual connotations in and of itself. I have no idea why one men's magazine in the 1950s chose the phrase for its name, but I can see no other 'questionable' uses of the phrase in the first few pages of my google of the idiom. Keep in mind that almost any English phrase (and this no doubt applies to all languages) can be used by those whose minds are set in that way. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,760 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Idioms

	parading  +  952443 Sun, 25 Oct 09 12:03 PM Thank you~Mister Micawber It is just magazine's name~ I got it~   parading