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Christina Japiassu · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 1

I was wondering what the meaning of "Not By The Hair On My Chinny, Chin , Chin" is, as I'll have to explain to the teachers... In my opinion, if I had to make a guess all of a sudden, I would say that it means NO WAY, without any chance, in any circumstances. But I don't know if it's right. Besides, I would like to know the origin of it.

Could you please help me????

Many thanks in advance,

Christina

ClarissaMach · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:20 am Post subject:

Christina, do you know the "Three little pigs" tale? This sentence you've mentioned above is used by them to tell the wolf he's not getting inside their houses.

Take a look in this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs