New Posts For Thread: Anyone any good at metaphors ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphorsI'm pretty sure I've got the meaning of this one but gotta be sure I haven't misunderstood and go off on the wrong track.'The Duke of Bassano chose all the prefects of France and expected no more of them than an ability to pluck a chicken without makIt takes pluck to back an Orioles AW tipmais à chacun son goûthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473286#417473286It takes pluck to back an Orioles AW tipmais à chacun son goûtWed, 02 Dec 2009 07:50:51 -0600Gawd, I shan't sleep tonight :|https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473282#417473282Gawd, I shan't sleep tonight :|Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:49:57 -0600Has Big Charlie ever plucked Orioles with nary a squawk ?I dinna think so.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473278#417473278Has Big Charlie ever plucked Orioles with nary a squawk ?I dinna think so.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:38:21 -0600thats as rare as rocking horse shiit.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473270#417473270thats as rare as rocking horse shiit.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:27:57 -0600No problem.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473266#417473266No problem.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:13:00 -0600When you pluck a chicken it is usually dead.......?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473262#417473262When you pluck a chicken it is usually dead.......?Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:12:40 -0600Yep, but it makes perfect sense. I just felt it was an over the top metaphor to just signify 'asking the impossible'. It just felt wrong.Wp sir!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473258#417473258Yep, but it makes perfect sense. I just felt it was an over the top metaphor to just signify 'asking the impossible'. It just felt wrong.Wp sir!Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:10:07 -0600I know. I should qualify my interpretation by saying it is only that; my interpretation.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473250#417473250I know. I should qualify my interpretation by saying it is only that; my interpretation.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:08:39 -0600Ahh ,vg Orioles. Cheers. Why don't these basturts just say what they mean ! :Dhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473238#417473238Ahh ,vg Orioles. Cheers. Why don't these basturts just say what they mean ! :DWed, 02 Dec 2009 07:06:14 -0600It means, he wanted Prefects who could extract what he wanted from the populous, without the people rising up.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414738/anyone-any-good-at-metaphors?post_id=417473234#417473234It means, he wanted Prefects who could extract what he wanted from the populous, without the people rising up.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:01:01 -0600