philip.marshall Wrote:
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> SR_Krause Wrote:
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> > One of my favorites, employed intermittently:
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> > "I don't know him from Adam's Off Ox."
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> A team or "yoke" of oxen is traditionally led or
> driven by a person walking on the left side.
> Accordingly, the ox on the left (near the driver)
> is called the "near ox", and the ox on the right
> (away from the driver) is the "off ox".
>
I’ve never heard that expression before SRK, and would have never guessed the meaning. I must have led a sheltered life, so thanks for unraveling the mystery Philip.
Cheers,
Ralph