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khmerhit
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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject: idiom query |
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my students want to know the origins of the terms---I THINK THE EXPRESSION IS -------
"TO SOW ONES WILD GOATS"
ALSO--OR--AND
"TO GET ONE'S GOATEE----------"?
CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE???---MUCHO OBBLIGADO-----KH
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Friday, 24 February 2006, 16:40 GMT
Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat
A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex with the animal.
The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.
They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.
"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.
Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.
"When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up".
Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.
"They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife," Mr Alifi told the newspaper.
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"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.
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dmb
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Similar story. I remember reading a story in a newspaper in Dubai where an Indian bloke had been caught having sex with a camel, he was deported and the camel was killed because it was now unclean 
For those who teach Adults, do you use these sort of weird news stories in the classroom. If so, what response do you get?
(I am trying to get this thread on topic so it isn't deleted) |
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Fatcat
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sonya
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| that's too funny.. |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: idiom query |
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| khmerhit wrote: |
my students want to know the origins of the terms---I THINK THE EXPRESSION IS -------
"TO SOW ONES WILD GOATS"
ALSO--OR--AND
"TO GET ONE'S GOATEE----------"?
CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE???---MUCHO OBBLIGADO-----KH |
I've heard of sowing one's wild OATS but not wild goats. I've heard of getting one's goat but not one's goatee. |
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