On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:12:09 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:

>
>"Se faire couper l'herbe sous les pieds" they say, or "lui couper l'herbe 
>sous les pieds". Different languages often have similar sayings. Interesting 
>notion. "Those grapes are sour" visibly come from the French too: "Ces 
>raisins sont trop verts", which comes from a Fable by La Fontaine (Le renard 
>et les raisins).

In English it is from Aesop'a fables who was, as you know, Greek. 

>I dropped a little note to Steve and Colin about hiding the uploads.
>

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Regards
     Stephen

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