Toe the line The expression toe the line, meaning to conform to the rules, often appears as tow the line. Its origin is probably in the British Navy of two centuries ago.
See http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-toe2.htm for fuller explanation On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:44:51 +0000 (UTC) "arndalebilo arndalebilo-at-gmail.com |Pan/1.0-Allow|" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:18:07 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:51:54 +0000 > > Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Graham, > > > >> What's wrong with "tow the line"? Its been used in the UK since > >> there > > > > Because it /should/ be "toe the line". > > I wouldn't step foot into this argument. It's unchartered territory. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pan-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users > > _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
