Brian on Harnser wrote:
> Bruce Napier formulated on Sunday :
>> On 15 Feb 2009, at 12:22, Guy Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> Is "cat ice" the singular of "cats' eyes" and if so does it help
>>> you see the
>>> line of the cut in the dark :-)}
>> Gosh, there's some great wit about on this list today (something like
>> that anyway ;-}}})
>>
>> Come to think of it, it's one of those family expressions of which I
>> know not the origin. AIUI, it's ice too thin for even a cat to walk on.
> I had never heard the expression before but guessed what you meant.
I've always called the really thin ice "cat ice" as well, although I
don't know where the phrase comes from either.
Terry Streeter
NB Arun - Stockton
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