to have a mouse
I just ran across this on Yankees.com in an article about A-Rod getting hit in the face with a baseball. "He thought he had been hit with a knee, that's how hard it was," said manager Joe Torre. "The...
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When does that come from? I don't think a mouse would be how I would describe the appearance or shape (or size) of most black eyes!
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AHDO has this as the 3rd sense of mouse: "Informal A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye." Interesting that it's listed as informal, while shiner is slang. No date given,...
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The image intended to be evoked by "mouse" is that of a mouse-sized swelling. I have also heard "golf ball" used this way - "he's gonna have a golf ball if he don't put an ice pack on that."
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I don't think I ever would have thought of a mouse when seeing a swollen eye. Golf ball, sure. I always heard "goose egg," but I think that was more related to hits on the head and not necessarily...
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my NY logo under/by my nameLooks like a little square indentation lit from the upper left. Or maybe a little square raised spot lit from the lower right, one.No, it's definitely an indentation.
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Thanks, Faldage. How's this?(okay, so the picture by my name is still an indentation. But at least I have a picture again!!)
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Um...I have never heard of Porch Climbers. Is that a mean thing to call my Yankees? :-(
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Back when they were the Baltimore Orioles, John McGraw (who had been an Oriole himself), of the New York Giants opposed the move of a team from the upstart American League into New York City. The...
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Did some searching at ADS-L for the sense of mouse here -- haven't found anything on that yet, but did find a purported origin for "mouse potato" [a new one to me}; see:ADS-LOED2's 6th sense of...
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You beat me to it, Ozzie. I found similar results in both Chambers: (1859) "appearing or acting like a mouse", and Cassell's (mid 19th C.) "a black eye".Your dating beats Chambers.And, I have heard...
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