> > Jerome Conway wrote: Shinya Suzuki writes: > I see. So more precisely, every bicyclist who knows the original > meaning of "door prize" and has been shown the door will appreciate.
...Except that my use of "shown the door" just now was also jokingly unidiomatic. But I think that someone familiar with the two expressions and experienced in sharing roadways, as a bicyclist, with motor vehicles would get the joke (slender as it may be) in both cases. Jerome --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
