On Mon, 27 May 2002, John Chambers wrote: > Atte wrote: > | On Sat, 25 May 2002, John Chambers wrote: > | > Isn't this slicing your baloney rather thin? > | > | I don't get it... > > Oh, yeah; I guess it's a somewhat obscure English metaphor. In common > American speech, at least, "baloney" isn't just a sort of bland > sausage; it is commonly used to mean things like "nonsense" or "idle > chatter" or other such things which the speaker doesn't want to hear > any more about. Some slicing your baloney thin is used to say that > someone is making fine distinctions between things that aren't worth > comparing at all. When I've heard it, it has always been spoken in a > humorous voice. Sorta like saying that someone has far too much time > on their hands.
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