Got this one privately, but it's too good to "hog". I agree entirely;
cutting something *down* in order to cut it *up* just a few minutes
later is straight out of Kafka-land :)
From: A. S.
I've got another one for you - you cut down a tree in order to cut it
up. I ran into some Germans who couldn't get over that phrase.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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