I did a search on Google and on Y! but I find that a lot of people use this phrase but it's never defined or credited.  So, I don't know where it originally came from or what it could possibly be referencing.  The quote is "Then came the horse leach's daughters crying: 'Give me,' 'give me.'"  Any ideas?
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THE HOLY BIBLE Proverbs 30:15  "The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:"
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I clicked on the link, but I saw that you had already been helped!\n\nPerhaps Odesseus/Ulysses was a comic hero?  I mean, come on!  A big wooden horse to defeat the Trojans?  Somehow I think this was a play on Trojan ego...  Was the giant wooden horse compensating for something?  Sorry.  I love double meanings...
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Good question:\n\nMaybe Society or people in general.  Also, if its a quote it could just mean that you dont know who originally said it.
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It's from the song "come from the heart" by Kathy Mattea. The complete lyrics are at this link--\nhttp://coquet-shack.com/country_lyrics_LM/Mattea/Come_From_The_Heart_2047.php\n I used to work at a country music radio station (please don't tell anyone).
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my quote that i have always used and "owned- :) " since high school is\n~Amor Vincit Omnia~\n\n---it means Love Conquers All, plus it sounds really cool and looks pretty when it is written.the end.\n\n\n---P.S.!!! --Don't even think about stealing it!!! It is mine only! :)
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To me the saying is about empathy. If you were to percive suffering from anothers perspective, you would be discouraged from making that person suffer.\nBut then does that mean that we are all selfish creatures, only not doing bad for fear that we might one day be on the recieving end? I don't think so; I genuiely think we are onditioned aginst causing others pain. Of course there are exceptions to this.\nThe biggest problem facing the idea today is the fact that we are encouraged to divide into "them" and "us". People who do not share the same country/race/religion as us are portrayed as less human and therfore less deserving of this empathy. With these people we are encouraged not to care about their well being.\n\nPerhaps the phrase should be "Treat ALL others.."\n\nSorry I couldnt think of an example ;)
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Do your own homework. If you had a question about one quote where I could believe that you read the play but forgot the context of a single line, I would help you. As it is, you need to do your own work. Them's the rules. \n\nFurther, your questions should read: Can I get what these quotes mean and WHO is speaking to WHOM? \n\nClearly, English is not your favorite subject. But suck it up. You deserve no credit for work you ask others to do for you.
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Yeah, I think it's saying that something has no meaning or worth.\n\n"Oh no you di'n floccinaucinihilipilificate me!"
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"Although this does have a literal meaning, to threaten with a stick, we in the United States give it much more fanciful interpretations. If we say, "There are more filling stations in town than one can shake a stick at," we mean nothing more than that the town contains an abundance of places at which one may purchase gasoline for one's motorcar. That American usage dates from early in the nineteenth century. One may speculate that it arose from the play at warfare by small boys--George Washington Jones flourishing a triumphant wooden sword over the considerable number of British soldiers who surrendered at Yorktown, more, in fact, than he could wave his "stick" at. then, too, we use the expression to indicate a comparative that may express derogation, and have done so for well over a hundred years. David Crockett, in his *Tour to the North and Down East* (1835) wrote of one place at which he stayed, "This was a temperance house, and there was nothing to treat a friend to that was worth shaking a stick at."
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I think it refers to u not being greedy or being to attached to physical things. For example a person might be in need or just hint that he/she likes something of yours. If your greedy you might not even want to talk about the subject cause you already know where it's headed. If your attached you might be willing to give that person something else. If your a giving person you'll be able to weigh out the other persons necessity or interest in the object over yours. Giving full hearted, can bring you peace, love, joy and no regrets. But that's only if you do it full heartily. All & all i think the quote is a religious quote, and basically means you cant keep any earthly matter. If u can give willingly then its probably because you've realized that there is someone or something greater than you. If you ask me the most valuable thing anyone can give is their time. What u gain from giving what u cant keep, I think is a lifetime of peace, loves, & laughs, and at the end of it all an eternal life of happiness.
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Sorry , I cannot find where those lines come from. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for you to no avail.\nIt might be from the book "I know why the caged bird sings", I am not sure.
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Read the definition below.  It is a Latin phrase - not "coined" or "invented" by any particular individual.\n\nLiterally, the phrase is Latin for "seize the day," from carpere (to pluck, harvest, or grab) and the accusative form of die (day). The term refers to a common moral or theme in classical literature that the reader should make the most out of life and should enjoy it before it ends. Poetry or literature that illustrates this moral is often called poetry or literature of the "carpe diem" tradition.
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Well, here's one answer, but it's in terrible English:\n\nhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bob1.htm\n\nHere's a much more abbreviated explanation:\n\n"The most plausible theory for the origin of 'Bob's your uncle' refers to a case of nepotism wherein Lord Salisbury (Robert, or 'Bob') appointed his nephew to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland (1887). " (taken from http://www.yaelf.com/questions.shtml )\n\nFYI- Nepotism means, "favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)" or "Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business." (from dictionary.com)\n\nSo, that's where it came from.  It means, according to the first website I cited:\n"It’s used to show how simple it is to do something: 'You put the plug in here, press that switch, and Bob’s your uncle!'”\n\nSo, like Lord Salisbury's nephew had a sure position because of his uncle's favor, so whatever you're going to do will be easy and sure.  The American equivalent might be, "It's a piece of cake!"\n\nAm I explaining this well?
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It is from a poem called "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson.  It was written after Tennyson read about The Charge of the Light Brigade that happened during the Crimean War:\n\n<second stanza>\n\n'Forward, the Light Brigade!'\nWas there a man dismay'd?\nNot tho' the soldiers knew\n   Some one had blunder'd:\nTheirs not to make reply,\nTheirs not to reason why,\nTheirs but to do & die,\nInto the valley of Death\n   Rode the six hundred.\n\nIt basically means that soldiers on the battlefield are just following orders and they don't have time to consider the validity or consequences of their actions, lest they be killed in the moment that they do so.
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Well Eric, it could be any or all of the reasons you've mentioned! The main reason I personally think they say that is, to soften the blow! Guys usually use this line to stop the girls from weeping up a storm - they're left wondering a long time! Girls use it sometimes because nothing works on the old ego better!
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a hill of beans a small amount, very little  The money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans.  \nhttp://bits.westhost.com/idioms/id18.htm\nhill of beans  12 thumbs up  \n \n In U.S. Marine jargon, comparative for something worthless when you can't say "isn't worth shit" or "isn't worth a rat's ass"\n\nThis equipment isn't worth a hill of beans, sir.\n http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=+hill+of+beans\n\n\n\n dogs are barking  6 up, 3 down  \n \n Translation: "My feet are tired."\n\nI'm uncertain of its origin. I started hearing this phrase around 2002 or so from different people, then it was used by one of the soldiers in "Half Life: Opposing Force" \n\nI originally took this to mean "I gotta take a DUMP!" But have been proven wrong , apparently. Nonetheless I still prefer my interpretation.\n\nI gotta sit down...my dogs are barking!\n\n \nhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dogs+are+barking
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The most probable meaning of this phrase in a narrative context is that she knew the other person or people so well, that she knew they did not like or approve of sherry, and therefore would never suggest or offer it to him/ her/ them. This version suggests that she did not suggest sherry.\n\nIf it was said in the context of a complaint, it would mean that the speaker was suprised, confused or angry at the actions of the female referred to, as she should have known that it would not be appropriate to suggest drinking sherry. This version suggests that she did suggest sherry.